Connecticut in World War II
- Authors
- Baker, Mark Allen
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Tags
- unknown
- ISBN
- 9781467126984
- Date
- 2017-10-16T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 25.28 MB
- Lang
- en
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.