Economies of Scale

Restored World War Two US military vehicles often carry products that are a legacy of America’s wartime economy

US Army WW2 vehicular accessories

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Hitler’s foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, reportedly wrote a memoir about the reasons for Germany’s defeat while in his prison cell at Nuremberg. He listed three critical factors; the unexpected resistance of the Red Army, the vast supply of American armaments and the success of Allied air power. The defeat of Germany had been the priority for the Allies in ending the world crisis. British forces were close to defeat everywhere in 1941 but the outcome was not pre-ordained once the British Empire was joined by the USSR and the USA later that year.

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