Wednesday, February 27, 2008

GDP - Gross domestic product

Summary of production

Production by nation

Vehicles and ground weapons
Note: Number in parenthesis equals the number of tanks and self-propelled guns equipped with main weapons of 75 mm or larger. Smaller producing nations do not have this differentiation.

Soviet Union = 105,251 (92,595)
United States = 88,410 (71,067)
Germany = 46,857 (37,794)
United Kingdom = 27,896
Canada = 5,678
Japan = 2,515
Italy = 2,473
Hungary = 500 Tanks and self-propelled guns
Artillery includes anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons with calibres above 37 mm.

Soviet Union = 516,648
United States = 257,390
Germany = 159,147
United Kingdom = 124,877
Japan = 13,350
Canada = 10,552
Italy = 7,200
Other Commonwealth = 5,215
Hungary = 447 Artillery

Soviet Union = 200,300
United States = 105,054
United Kingdom = 102,950
Germany = 73,484
Commonwealth = 46,014 Military production during World War II Mortars (over 60 mm)
Machineguns do not include sub-machineguns, or machine guns used for arming aircraft.

United States = 2,679,840
Soviet Union = 1,477,400
Germany = 674,280
Japan = 380,000
United Kingdom = 297,336
Canada = 251,925
Other Commonwealth = 37,983
Hungary = 4,583 Machineguns

United States = 2,382,311
Canada = 815,729
United Kingdom = 480,943
Germany = 345,914
Soviet Union = 197,100
Japan = 165,945
Italy = 83,000 Military trucks

Aircraft

United States = 324,750
Germany = 189,307
Soviet Union = 157,261
United Kingdom = 131,549
Japan = 76,320
Canada = 16,431
Italy = 11,122
Other Commonwealth = 3,081
Hungary = 1,046
Romania = 1,000 Military production during World War II Military aircraft of all types

United States = 99,950
Soviet Union = 63,087
Germany = 55,727
United Kingdom = 49,422
Japan = 30,447
Italy = 4,510 Fighter aircraft

Soviet Union = 37,549
Germany = 12,539 Attack aircraft

United States = 97,810
United Kingdom = 34,689
Soviet Union = 21,116
Germany = 18,235
Japan = 15,117
Italy = 2,063 Bomber aircraft

Germany = 6,299
Japan = 5,654
United Kingdom = 3,967
United States = 3,918
Italy = 1,080 Reconnaissance aircraft

United States = 23,929
Soviet Union = 17,332
Germany = 3,079
Japan = 2,110
United Kingdom = 1,784
Italy = 468 Transport aircraft

United States = 57,623
United Kingdom = 31,864
Japan = 15,201
Germany = 11,546
Soviet Union = 4,061
Italy = 1,769 Training aircraft

Naval ships
Figure in parentheses indicates merchant vessels converted to Escort carriers.

United States = 22 (141)
Japan = 16
United Kingdom = 14
Germany = 0 None completed by the end of the war. Aircraft carriers

United States = 8
United Kingdom = 5
Italy = 3
Japan = 2
Germany = 2 Battleships

United States = 48
United Kingdom = 32
Japan = 9
Italy = 6
Soviet Union = 2 Cruisers

United States = 349
United Kingdom = 240
Japan = 63
Soviet Union = 25
Germany = 17
Italy = 6 Destroyers

United States = 498
United Kingdom = 413
Canada = 191
Germany = 23 Convoy escorts

Germany = 1,337
United States = 422
Japan = 167
United Kingdom = 167
Soviet Union = 52
Italy = 28 Submarines

United States = 33,993,230
United Kingdom = 6,378,899
Japan = 4,152,361
Commonwealth = 2,702,943
Italy = 469,606 Merchant tonnage

Materials
In millions of metric tons

Germany = 2,420.3
United States = 2,149.7
United Kingdom = 1,441.2
Soviet Union = 590.8
Japan = 184.5
Canada = 101.9
Italy = 16.9
Hungary = 6.6
Romania = 1.6 Coal
In millions of metric tons

United States = 396.9
Germany = 240.7
United Kingdom = 119.3
Soviet Union = 71.3
Japan = 21.0
Hungary = 14.1
Romania = 10.8
Italy = 4.4
Canada = 3.6 Crude Oil

GDP values: Harrison, Mark, "The Economics of World War II: Six Great Powers in International Comparison", Cambridge University Press (1998).
Milward, Alan S., "War, economy, and society, 1939-1945", University of California Press (1979).
Overy, Richard, "Why the Allies Won (Paperback)", W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (1997).
Barnett, Correlli, "The audit of war : the illusion & reality of Britain as a great nation", Macmillan, (1986).

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