Government in WWII
Published on May 24, 2016
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Government in WWII
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“Americans can’t build planes—only electric iceboxes and razor blades.”
This is what the head of the german air force said as a joke
Photo by Nataraj Metz
“Americans can’t build planes—only electric iceboxes and razor blades.”
This is what the head of the German air force said as a joke
Photo by Nataraj Metz
A month after pearl harbor...
- January 1942 Roosevelt changed the factories in the US
- Factories transformed into making machines for making war supplies and equipment
The Board banned...
- the production of nonessential civilian goods, from cars to coat hangers
- Automakers started making Jeeps and even tanks!
What about strikes?
- To prevent worker strikes that might shut down essential wartime production, the government made the 'War Labor Board'. This agency worked with unions and workers to settle labor issues without halting production
Americans were proud of what they did!
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- In 1939, U.S. aircraft companies turned out only 6,000 planes.
- By 1944, they were producing 96,000 planes a year. Thats 263 planes A DAY!
To keep spirits high...
- Government officials read news stories before they were published
- Often they removed reports of setbacks and tragedies to keep them from reaching the public.
