Since the end of the First World War, military aviation advanced greatly leading up to the aircraft of the Second World War, the development of the monoplane, which is what you see in all military aircraft of that era and today. The faster engines, the better understanding of aerodynamics and the better training of pilots, meant that dog fighting was becoming more and more dangerous. The monoplane was first produced in 1915 by Fokker but never became as popular as the much more maneuverable Fokker DR.1 triplanes. But by the early 1930's and in the threat of another war, military aviation engineers began developing better, faster aircraft as well as the introduction of the heavy bomber for use at high altitudes in the event that a bombing raid may need to occur. Fighter aircraft were subsequently becoming better and much more deadly. The Germans made one of maybe the least know military aircraft of the early war, the Arado or "Ar" 80. The Ar 80 was made in the spring of 1935 and housed 2 7.92mm MG 17 machine guns on the nose, giving it deadly precision. But it was not just the Germans making more advanced aircraft, the British, Russian and American air forces were building up their units as well, the Americans introduced the P26 or "pea shooter", the Russians introduced the I-16 Ishak which later went on to be one of the most used Russian military aircraft of the war and the British began the development of maybe THE most iconic fighter aircraft of the Second World War...
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