Word: arsenal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stage for one of the swiftest, most abrupt and feverish social and political developments the world has known. How massive that development may be, the rest of the world began to suspect when most of the industrial Ukraine went under, and Russia continued to arm herself from the Siberian arsenal...
...York City's old, discarded elevated railroad cars were bought by the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, N.J. to be used as a shuttle service in the 2,500-acre reservation, to save tires...
...picture focuses first on Germany, to show how a modern nation wages war with food as a major weapon. On the home front fats are turned into high explosives for the Wehrmacht's arsenal, apples become alcohol for fuel, releasing high-grade fuel for the Luftwaffe's planes, milk refineries spill out lubricating oil for the submarine fleets. Farmers grow what they are told to grow, and the soybean (twice the strength of meat at a quarter the price) is the armed forces' basic ration. It is mixed into almost every dish the soldiers eat and, Food...
...make machine guns; an automaker cut the time scheduled for a British ack-ack gun by four months and evolved a new way of broaching the barrel that cut that operation from 3½ hours to 15 minutes; another parts maker improvised machine-gun equipment that beats regular arsenal machinery by 20-30 times; an automatic cannon that cost $1,200 to make 18 months ago now costs around $600; a new flame-cutting process turned out 12 tank-engine sprockets in 6 minutes v. 8 hours formerly required for a single sprocket...
Chapter Six. Erwin Rommel was wielding the most massive ground forces the Axis had ever had in Africa, in five campaigns over the same ground. The British also had never been stronger. Their arsenal included new U.S. medium tanks as well as U.S. planes, and their manpower included U.S. mechanics-the most essential of personnel in tank warfare, where 50% to 90% of the machines in action are often disabled in a single battle...