Impact Of War

The U.S. defense budget underwent a head-spinning expenditure from $1.9 billion(1940) to $59.8 billion (1945) in the time stretching from 1940-1945. In 1941, whereas a private was remunerated $21 a month in salary, in 1942 it went up to $50 a month. The war required men and that is how the U.S armies recruited the personnel. Above 650,000 jeeps were manufactured at the time of WWII. The U.S. factories made about 89,000 tanks, 3 million machine guns, 7 million rifles, and 300,000 military aircraft.