375 | Craig Nelson: How America Became the "Arsenal of Democracy" and the Lessons for Today
The Realignment
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The Realignment is back with a full episode this Thursday. This week Marshall talks with author Craig Nelson about World War II and FDR's quote, "Arsenal of Democracy" The American Heartland produced 2.5 million trucks, 500,000 Jeeps, 286,000 aircraft, 86,000 tanks, 14,400 naval and merchant vessels,. 41 billion runs of ammunition, and 2.6 million machine guns that constituted two-thirds of the Allies war supplies.
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