Reddit reviews The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War
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Even more impressive : the USA hadn't even hit its full stride in production when the war ended, we were just ramping up still. Its one of the reasons that the Marshall plan was so important and its why post WWII we converted to a consumption based society. All of that capacity had to be used.
The US Industrial Machine is one of the most impressive things mankind has ever created when its running at full tilt with no budgetary constraints.
The Arsenal of Democracy ( https://www.amazon.com/Arsenal-Democracy-Detroit-Quest-America/dp/0547719280 ) is a great read about the effort and just how amazing it was, what it created and how it transformed the world.
https://www.amazon.com/Arsenal-Democracy-Detroit-Quest-America/dp/0547719280
Yeah lots of people do not know this about Detroit
I can tell you'd like reading "The Arsenal of Democracy" https://www.amazon.com/Arsenal-Democracy-Detroit-Quest-America/dp/0547719280
On how Henry Ford and Charles Lindburgh got the B-24's built, tested and shipped to Europe. Or, put another way, how the American Nazis defeated the German ones : )