Arsenal of Democracy

Brandt Rosenbusch Collections Manager Chrysler Group LLC BUILDING BOMBERS Workers add the fuselage and wing components to B-24 Liberator four-engine heavy bombers under assembly in December [1942 at the Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant outside of Detroit. Knudsen's first assignment wa...

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Published inNational Guard Vol. 78; no. 5; pp. 30 - 33
Main Authors Goheen, John, Hensch, Mark
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington National Guard Association of the United States 01.08.2024
Subjects
Assembly lines
Democracy
Engineers
Factories
Manufacturing
Military aircraft
Nazi era
Production capacity
World War II
United States > US
Detroit Michigan
Europe
Michigan
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Summary:Brandt Rosenbusch Collections Manager Chrysler Group LLC BUILDING BOMBERS Workers add the fuselage and wing components to B-24 Liberator four-engine heavy bombers under assembly in December [1942 at the Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant outside of Detroit. Knudsen's first assignment was to unite the auto industry behind the effort. According to Arthur Herman's 2013 talk about his book Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World II',' Knudsen and Keller traveled to Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois. The Washington Post called Willow Run "the greatest single manufacturing plant the world had ever seen," while The Wall Street Journal called it "the production miracle of the war."
ISSN:0163-3945