>>283705848
It was a very important cog in the american WW2 efforts as an industrial engine.
>"Detroit, with 2 percent of the U.S. population, made 10 percent of the material for the war."
>"Ford Motor Co. made 8,500 B-24 Liberator bombers at Willow Run and Chrysler produced 25,000 tanks."
>Ten percent of U.S. spendings was granted to Michigan contractors on war related purchases
>"The Detroit Tank Arsenal tank assembly plant located in Warren Michigan (a suburb of Detroit just north of the city limits) built half of all the tanks the U.S. manufactured during WWII. Mind you there were 17 U.S. factories building tanks, so this gives you some idea of what this huge plant's workers were accomplishing."