Connecticut in World War II EPUB
by Mark Allen Baker
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With the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941, and the United States' entry into World War II, our nation turned to Connecticut--as it did during World War I--for munitions, clothing, and other goods. And Connecticut answered the call: Manchester Mills increased silk production, Waterbury brass producers altered their manufacturing lines, and Bridgeport's Remington Arms--which had produced 50 percent of the US Army's small arms cartridges in World War I--increased its mass production capabilities.
By the time Electric Boat, Hamilton Propellers, Pratt & Whitney, and many other Connecticut companies tallied up their production back in 1945, it amounted to over $8 billion in war contracts.
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- Publisher:Arcadia Publishing Inc.
- Publication Date:16/10/2017
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- Format:EPUB
- Publisher:Arcadia Publishing Inc.
- Publication Date:16/10/2017
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- ISBN:9781439663264