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Bill Knudsen

The emergent order of industrial mobilization during WWII

May 12, 2021 Eric Lofgren 1

In January 1941 defense spending rose to triple what it had been during the previous six months. By July it quintupled, and December it jumped […]

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How the US auto industry scaled and improved Army tanks in WWII

January 20, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

One of the first things he [Bill Knudsen] does in the process, he makes a call in the summer of 1940 to his pal KT […]

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Neglect of small business at the start of WWII

July 4, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

… little actual headway was made in 1940, primarily because the Army and Navy field procurement officers had been sharply reminded, in the course of […]

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