Our free radio app and be part of the National Conversation through cspans daily washington General Program or through our social media feed. Cspan, created by americas People Television company as a Public Service and brought you today by your television provider. This was the europe of 1941. The nazi blitz krieg, had overwhelm fronts, holland, belgium, denmark, norway, and luxembourg. Russian armies were in desperate retreat. The German Air Force was raining death and destruction on england. Combined italian and German Forces were menacing egypt. Their objective to defeat an opposing british army and dominate all north africa. In asia, japanese air and Ground Forces were driving forward in their bloody conquest of china. Only one of the worlds major powers was still not at war, the United States. It was a sunday afternoon in december 1941. The statue of liberty towered over the new york harbor as if she were the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling free world. Afternoon in ne
1941. The nazi blitzkrieg had overwhelmed france, holland, belgium, denmark, norway, and luxembourg. Russian armies were in desperate retreat. The German Air Force was raining death and destruction on england. Combined italian and German Forces were menacing. Their objective . To defeat an opposing british army and dominate all our forces. In asia, japanese air and Ground Forces were driving forward in their funding conquest of china. He only one of the worlds major powers was still not we at war, the United States. It was a sunday afternoon in december 19, 41. The statue of liberty towered serenely over new york harbor. She where the last symbol of freedom left in the crumbling free world. Early morning in hawaii, and another great harbinger, American Warships where anchored. Planes with engines stood idle nearby. Suddenly, without warning, the immediate Japanese Military objective was to knock out the United States naval and air power in the pacific in a single stroke. They reason th
Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 third, increase our production rate of antiaircraft guns so rapidly that in this year, 1942, we shall produce 20,000 of them, and to continue that increase so that next year, 1943, we shall produce 35,000 antiaircraft guns. And fourth, to increase our production rate of merchant ships, so rapidly that in this year, 1942, we shall build 8 million deadweight tons, as compared with a 1941 completed production of 1,100,000. [ applause ] immense forces were mobilizing. Millions of americans were in training. The infantry. Airborne infantry. Field artillery. Antiaircraft artillery. Armored cavalry. Army air corps pilots by the thousands. Women power as well as man power. The vitality of all america was surging up to full time. American labor and management performed miracles. Planes, tanks. Guns, ammunition. Tens of thousands of items rolled off the lines to supply not only ourselves but our fighting allies. On the home front, 1942 was a
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