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To: DFG
"The attack on Pearl Harbor galvanized the nation, resulting in an overnight refocusing of all U.S. military, economic, industrial, and scientific activity."

There's nothing like a World War to bring you out of a deep economic depression.
5 posted on 12/07/2025 6:17:41 AM PST by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: equaviator

“There’s nothing like a World War to bring you out of a deep economic depression.”

Post-coffee CORRECTION:

There’s nothing like WINNING a World War to HELP bring you out of a deep economic depression.


6 posted on 12/07/2025 7:37:09 AM PST by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: equaviator

“There’s nothing like a World War to bring you out of a deep economic depression.”

Yep. It was the British and French war orders and purchases. Britain went broke buying stuff from us. Lend-Lease kept them in the war.


16 posted on 12/07/2025 9:46:41 AM PST by rxh4n1
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