[Sirius Lee]

U.S. industry came up huge in WWII. We also supplied a lot of stuff to the Brits and Russians through "lend-lease." Once industry converted to war production Germany and Japan could only produce a small fraction of what we could.

Yes, quantity has a quality all its own. Something to think about as we enter the dawn of the Chinese Century.

[21twelve]

“Yes, quantity has a quality all its own.”

It might have been a movie, but I think it was an actual quote regarding the obvious outcome of WWII. Some German said something like “We shoot one of their planes down today. They send 10 more in it’s place tomorrow.”