The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoHow important each state was to the War Department, from 1940.media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1115
arrow-up1115imageHow important each state was to the War Department, from 1940.media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareverity_kindle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoNever mind all the infantry training in the Midwest for island hopping in the Pacific! This is 1940, we’ve got to focus on the war…
minus-squarePyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYeah, but this map shows military procurement - the northeast was vastly more industrialized at that point. I assume they have another map for warm body procurement.
minus-squaretitanicx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoOr the training the air force did before dropping the bomb on Japan.
minus-squareverity_kindle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThank you! :::pointing dramatically with both hands:::: Welcome to the vast land with a relatively low number of people per square mile. It was designed, by God’s good grace, for flying secret stuff, it starts in western Oklahoma.
Never mind all the infantry training in the Midwest for island hopping in the Pacific! This is 1940, we’ve got to focus on the war…
Yeah, but this map shows military procurement - the northeast was vastly more industrialized at that point.
I assume they have another map for warm body procurement.
Or the training the air force did before dropping the bomb on Japan.
Thank you! :::pointing dramatically with both hands:::: Welcome to the vast land with a relatively low number of people per square mile. It was designed, by God’s good grace, for flying secret stuff, it starts in western Oklahoma.