A Matter of Priorities: American Production in World War II, Part 2
“If we do not watch our step we shall find the White House en route to England with the Washington …
“If we do not watch our step we shall find the White House en route to England with the Washington …
“[You] will have the hatred of every mother, wife and sweethearts and also the boys themselves.”
– Mrs. Rose Lumetta …
In 1941, the United States was the world’s largest producer of petroleum, with more than 60 percent of the world’s …
When Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, he attained the power to turn his anti-Semitic “Jewish Question” (Judenfrage) …
In the summer of 1941, War Department affairs were being conducted in 23 buildings in and around the city. To …
When John Colville, Churchill’s private secretary, told the prime minister on the morning of Sunday, June 22,1941, that Germany had …
“Everything which Lenin created we have lost forever!”
– Josef Stalin after receiving news of Operation Barbarossa
At 3 o’clock …
“It would be unwise to assume we can defeat Germany simply by outproducing her. . . . Wars are won …
“This stroke would be more deadly to the British Empire than the capture of London!”
—Grand Adm. Erich Raeder to …
When it comes to looting conquered nations, no conquerors surpassed the Nazis in their plundering of the art and cultural …