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Connecticut in World War II / Mark Allen Baker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Mark Allen, author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Connecticut--Pictorial works.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Connecticut--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Connecticut.
- World War (1939-1945).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2017]
- Summary:
- With the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941, and the United States' entry into World War II, our nation turned to Connecticut--as it did during World War I--for munitions, clothing, and other goods. And Connecticut answered the call: Manchester Mills increased silk production, Waterbury brass producers altered their manufacturing lines, and Bridgeport's Remington Arms--which had produced 50 percent of the US Army's small arms cartridges in World War I--increased its mass production capabilities. By the time Electric Boat, Hamilton Propellers, Pratt & Whitney, and many other Connecticut companies tallied up their production back in 1945, it amounted to over $8 billion in war contracts.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781439663264
- 1439663262
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