WW2 - SOME STATS

These numbers are tremendous. We can be proud of our nation.  It should be noted that the Allies in this conflict were sorely tested - far more than the USA.  It is a blank part of our history to understand the total effort from so many nations.  If we count casualties.... Russia is by far and beyond the most affected.  Obviously great losses and efforts by Britain and France and Canada and ANZAKS and more.  But this chart is an indication of the powerhouse of industry our nation contributed to halt the AXIS.  We can be very proud of our country.

Seems Impossible

 Carefully study this artwork. Then, read what we did. 

Not only is the picture awesome, but so are the statistics!

 During the 3-1/2 years of World War II that started with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December of 1941 and ended with the surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945, "We the People of the U.S.A." produced the following:

            22 aircraft carriers

              8 battleships

            48 cruisers

          349 destroyers

          420 destroyer escorts

          203 submarines

            34 million tons of merchant ships

   100,000 fighter aircraft

     98,000 bombers

     24,000 transport aircraft

     58,000 training aircraft

     93,000 tanks

   257,000 artillery pieces

   105,000 mortars

3,000,000 machine guns and

2,500,000 military trucks

 We put 16.1 million men in uniform in the various armed services, invaded Africa, invaded Sicily and Italy, won the battle for the Atlantic, planned and executed D-Day, marched across the Pacific and Europe, developed the atomic bomb and, ultimately, conquered Japan and Germany.