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...chiefs-had the same goal. Without conversion to munitions the auto industry was finished, because there was no more rubber for its peacetime cars to roll on. Without conversion the union was a union of unemployed. And without conversion the Government would have trouble getting all the matériel that it needs to beat the Axis...
...Good. The limited extent of U.S. matériel losses was most heartening, made complete liars out of the Japanese High Command. Lost...
...British have brought their Middle Eastern strength to a dozen divisions-but less than half of them are properly equipped for offensive action. British matériel is being hurried straight through the Mediterranean. All the while U.S. stuff is trickling in - Tomahawks, Marylands, Chrysler tanks, ammunition, trucks, spare parts. The British will have to try, sooner or later, to open up Tobruk: two-thirds of all the motor transport they had in North Africa were trapped there in the retreat last April...
They opened with blows which had become familiar even to the civilians of the world. The airmen executed "rolling attacks" on Russian concentrations, matériel dumps, communications. Other bombers Blitzed cities (see map, p. 24). The tricks and the gadgets were all used: fog screens, pontoons, tanks, parachutes, flares, flamethrowers, motorcycles, tommy guns. Pioneers exploded casemates with experienced precision. Engineers built bridges where they were needed. Infantry advanced fluidly...
...Lost more men and matériel than Mussolini in Libya...