What World War II Can Teach Us About Battling Coronavirus-- Part 3 : Preparing for War Well in Advance of It

Sadly, the United States has not had a chance to prepare in advance as was the case back in World War II.  Sure, from 1939 to December 7, 1941, we weren't at war, but we sure were on a war-time footing.  Anyone could tell that it was just going to be a matter of time before the United States got into it.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt got serious about stocking his armory (and drafting soldiers) more than a year before the Japanese attack, soon after France fell to Germany.  By April 1941, the government had ordered $1.5 billion (that's 26.4 billion in today's money) worth of plane engines, tanks, machine guns and other tools of war from the auto industry

By the time Congress declared war 8 months later, the auto industry was well into the process of realigning supply chains and preparing to arm America.

--GreGen