HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Controlling the prices of American consumer goods
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Managing the recruitment and draft of military personnel
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Providing upbeat information to magazines and newspapers
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Transforming the nation’s factories to create military supplies
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Detailed explanation-1: -The WPB ensured that each factory received materials it needed to operate, in order to produce the most war goods in the shortest time. From 1942 to 1945 the WPB directed the production of $185 billion worth of armament and supplies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The most powerful of all war-time organizations whose task was to control the economy was the War Production Board (WPB), established by Roosevelt on January 16, 1942 by executive order. Its purpose was to regulate the production of materials during World War II in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Military posts sprang up statewide to accommodate the constant stream of new recruits, and industrial plants developed rapidly in support of the war effort. As a result, Texas beef, petroleum products, medical supplies, weapons and equipment were used by troops overseas.
Detailed explanation-4: -Inventions like synthetic rubber, the jeep, the atomic bomb, and even duct tape helped the Allies win World War II by allowing their militaries to wage war on an overwhelming scale.
Detailed explanation-5: -noun U.S. Government. the board (1942–45) that supervised and regulated the production and sale of matériel essential to the logistics of World War II. Abbreviation: WPB, W.P.B.