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  2. Military production during World War II - Wikipedia

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    During World War II unemployment by 1945 had fallen to 1.9% from 14.6% in 1940. 20% of the population during the war was employed within the armed forces. [ 36 ] The beginning years of World War II shows a spike in employment, but towards the end of the war decreased significantly.

  3. List of World War II weapons - Wikipedia

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    This list does not consist of all weapons used by all countries in World War II. By country. List of World War II weapons of Australia;

  4. List of World War II weapons of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...

  5. Lists of World War II military equipment - Wikipedia

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    German infantry weapons in the Askifou War Museum, Crete Lists of World War II military equipment are lists of military equipment in use during World War II (1939–1945). ). They include lists of aircraft, ships, vehicles, weapons, personal equipment, uniforms, and other equi

  6. Satchel charge - Wikipedia

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    The original Finnish satchel charge is on the left. A satchel charge is a demolition device, primarily intended for combat , whose primary components are a charge of dynamite or a more potent explosive such as C-4 plastic explosive, a carrying device functionally similar to a satchel or messenger bag , and a triggering mechanism; the term ...

  7. List of equipment of the United States Army during World War II

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    Saw little service in the war, was primarily used in World War I: 8-inch Mk. VI railway gun: 203 mm (8 in) Railway gun United States: Was a variation of the 8-inch M1888: M1918 240 mm howitzer: 240 mm (9.5 in) Howitzer United States: 12-inch coast defense mortar: 305 mm (12 in) Coastal artillery United States: Also used as a railway gun 12-inch ...

  8. Blockade of Germany (1939–1945) - Wikipedia

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    The whaler on HMS Sheffield being manned with an armed boarding party to check a neutral vessel stopped at sea, 20 Oct 1941. The Blockade of Germany (1939–1945), also known as the Economic War, involved operations carried out during World War II by the British Empire and by France in order to restrict the supplies of minerals, fuel, metals, food and textiles needed by Nazi Germany – and ...

  9. List of Soviet Union military equipment of World War II

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    The SU-76M was the second most produced Soviet AFV of World War II, after the T-34 medium tank. Developed under the leadership of chief designer S.A. Ginzburg (1900–1943). This infantry support SPG was based on the lengthened T-70 light tank chassis and armed with the ZIS-3 76-mm divisional field gun.