Overview
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.
- | Author: Mark Allen Baker
- | Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
- | Publication Date: Oct 16, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 128 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Business & Economics
- | ISBN-10: 1467126985
- | ISBN-13: 9781467126984
