Proximity Fuze – The 3rd Most Crucial Development of WW2

Become smarter in 5 minutes by signing up for free today: http://cen.yt/mbcuriousdroid - Thanks to Morning Brew for sponsoring today’s video. It was considered so secret that in the beginning it was only allowed to be used over the open sea just in case any failed they would be lost and not fall into enemy hands. The proximity fuze has since the end of the war been considered the 3rd most influential technological development of WW2 with its effect in battle both in the Pacific and Europe as greater than atomic bomb which was only used twice compared to the over 20 million proximity fuzes which were produced. This is the story of how they worked and how they change the course of the war. This video is sponsored by Morning Brew http://cen.yt/mbcuriousdroid Written, Researched and Presented by Paul Shillito Images and Footage : JHAPL, US Navy, US Army A big thank you also goes to all our Patreons :-) Eριχθόνιος JL Abrakodabra Kobra / 25% Alistair Brown Andrew Gaess Andrew SMITH Brian Kelly Cameron Elliot Carl Soderstrom ChasingSol Collin Copfer Daniele Noacco Etienne Dechamps Florian Müller George Bishop II Hassan Fraz Mansor Henning Bitsch Henri Saussure inunotaisho james t early Janne Kurikka Jim Early Johan Rombaut john edwards Jonathan Merage Jonathan Travers Kedar Deshpande Ken Schwarz László Antal Lawrence Brennan Lorne Diebel MajorFluffy Pyloric SHAMIR stefan hufenbach Steve J - LakeCountySpacePort Vincent Will Lowe Music from the Youtube library The long night Forces by Quincas Moreira Instant Crush by Corbyn Kites