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To: Pan_Yan
If there is one lesson to take from World War 2, America WAS the “Arsenal of Democracy”. America not only supplied its own fighting forces with everything they needed, but equipped its other major allies — Great Britain, Canada, Russia, and France — as well.

America delivered more than 357,000 aircraft; 12 million small arms; 47 billion rounds of small arms ammunition; 11 million tons of artillery ammunition; 1.6 million trucks, tanks, tank chassis; 5777 supply type ships; 107 CVL/CVE carriers; 29 CVB/CV carriers; 8 BB; 1050 LST; 76 CB/CA/CL cruisers; 857 DD/DE; 203 SS.

Compare US aircraft production figures to those of the major combatants and you'll see the numbers that led to victory.

ALLIES
USAAF — 297,199
USN — 60,456
Great Britain — 131,549 [RAF,RN]
Russia — 158,218

AXIS
Germany — 119,871
Italy — 11,508
Japan — 76,320 [IJAF,IJN]

58 posted on 06/10/2015 9:54:38 AM PDT by MasterGunner01 ( Barbara Daly Danko)
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To: MasterGunner01

US Submarine production (for domestic use - I don’t know how many we exported, if any):

1940: 5
1941: 13
1942: 33
1943: 56
1944: 79
1945: 42 (part year)

Pretty impressive ramp up from 5 and 13 pre-war to 56 and then 79, more than one per week, in the last two full years of the war.


59 posted on 06/10/2015 11:19:20 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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