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WWII ManufacturingNon defense manufacturing won the war!WWII manufacturing - defense manufacturers were a small part! Prior to WWII U.S defense spending was around $2 billion. If defense contractors were working one 40 hour shift per week prior to the War, they could produce 4.2 times that output if they ran their plants 24 hours, 7 days a week. Thus the maximum they could produce was 8-9 $billion in defense materiel if they ran at full capacity. From 1943 – 1945, however, the United States spent between $67 billion and $83 billion each year for defense. Where did the extra billions in war materiel production come from?
History tells us that consumer and commercial oriented non-defense U.S. manufacturers have been instrumental in securing our freedom!
Thousands of these manufacturers converted to military materiel producers during WWII . They were responsible for as much as 80% of the wartime materiel production and were greatly responsible for winning the war. go back to - "the key: MAKE IT"
Riveting WWII Documentary: D-Day Minus One DVD (1945)
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