WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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The U.S. government did not want to spend money on natural resources.
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The U.S. had all the natural resources it needed.
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Natural resources were scarce because they were needed for the war effort.
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Americans were greedy and did not want to share the natural resources.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why were natural resources, like gasoline, scarce during WWII? The U.S. government did not want to spend money on natural resources. The U.S. had all the natural resources it needed. Natural resources were scarce because they were needed for the war effort.
Detailed explanation-2: -That force had to be supplied with the uniforms, guns, tanks, ships, warplanes, and other weapons and equipment needed to fight. With its vast human and material resources, the United States had the potential to supply both itself and its allies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Supplies such as gasoline, butter, sugar and canned milk were rationed because they needed to be diverted to the war effort. War also disrupted trade, limiting the availability of some goods.
Detailed explanation-4: -At first, the meals were stews, and more varieties were added as the war went on, including meat and spaghetti in tomato sauce, chopped ham, eggs and potatoes, meat and noodles, pork and beans; ham and lima beans, and chicken and vegetables.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the first half of 1941 prior to the invasion, the Luftwaffe used an estimated 148 million gallons of aviation fuel. From June through December that amount more than doubled to 307 million, just slightly less than the 309 million gallons of fuel used by the Luftwaffe for the entire year in 1940.