During the war, significant advances were made in military communications through increased use of radio, military intelligence through use of the radar, and in military medicine through use of penicillin, while in the air, the guided missile, jet aircraft, and helicopters were seen for the first time.
Durante a guerra fixéronse adiantos significativos en comunicación militar a través do uso da radio, en intelixencia militar mediante o uso do radar, e en medicina militar mediante o uso da penicilina, mentres que no aire observáronse por primeira vez mísils, avións a reacción e helicópteros.