During
the 3 1/2 years of World War II that started with the Japanese bombing
of Pearl Harbor in December, 1941 and ended with the Surrender of
Germany and Japan in 1945, the US produced:
8 battleships
22 aircraft carriers
48 cruisers
203 submarines
349 destroyers
420 destroyer escorts
24,000 transport aircraft
93,000 tanks
98,000 bombers
100,000 fighter aircraft
105,000 mortars
257,000 artillery pieces
2,500,000 military trucks
3,000,000 machine guns
34 million tons of merchant ships
We put 16.1 million men in uniform in the various armed services and:
Invaded Africa, Sicily, and Italy.
Won the battle for the Atlantic.
Planned and executed D-Day.
Marched across the Pacific and Europe.
Developed the atomic bomb. Conquered Japan and Germany.
It's worth noting. that during the almost exact amount of time, the Obama administration couldn't build a functioning web site.
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