[HBR] Loctals & Octals

[Brian ford via HBR]

I would think that geography was part of the reason, why there was a huge surplus of parts in the U.S., the country was fairly well isolated and supplying the rest of the allied with material and equipment.  Also to over come the UBoat threaght the convoys were oversized.  So mountains of equipment built up here and in Europe. 

Keith kf4tap 

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> On Nov 23, 2014, at 09:29, Martin Marris <mmarris at notecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> Off-topic, but I've often wondered: Why is it that WWII, in particular,
> ended with such a huge surplus of war matériel?
> 
> I know that by mid-1945 the U.S. economy was really roaring with production
> of war goods, but still, why such an extraordinary surplus?
> 
> Did policy-makers think the war was going to last a lot longer than it did?
> Perhaps the very few people who knew about the atom bomb didn't want to give
> any indication that they had anything "special" available that could shorten
> the war?
> 
> (We don't hear much about a huge "World War One" war-surplus bulge, for
> instance. Maybe there was one....)
> 
> Maybe my query is a dumb question....
> 
> Martin, KB1WSY
> 
> 
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