Military production during World War II

Military production during World War II was the arms, ammunition, personnel and financing which were produced or mobilized by the belligerents of the war from the occupation of Austria in early 1938 to the surrender and occupation of Japan in late 1945.
The mobilization of funds, people, natural resources and materiel for the production and supply of military equipment and military forces during World War II was a critical component of the war effort. During the conflict, the Allies outpaced the Axis powers in most production categories. Access to the funding and industrial resources necessary to sustain the war effort was linked to their respective economic and political alliances. As formerly neutral powers, such as the United States, joined the escalating conflict, territory changed hands, combatants were defeated, and the balance of power shifted in favor of the Allies -- as did the means to sustain the military production required to win the war.

Historical context

During the 1930s, political forces in Germany increased their financial investment in the military to develop the armed forces required to support near- and long-term political and territorial goals. Germany's economic, scientific, research and industrial capabilities were one of the most technically advanced in the world at the time and supported a rapidly growing, innovative military. However, access to the resources and production capacity required to entertain long-term goals were limited. Political demands necessitated the expansion of Germany's control of natural and human resources, industrial capacity and farmland beyond its borders. Germany's military production was tied to resources outside its area of control, a dynamic not found amongst the Allies.
In 1938 Britain was a global superpower, with political and economic control of a quarter of the world's population, industry and resources, in addition to its close allies in the independent Dominion nations. From 1938 to mid-1942, the British coordinated the Allied effort in all global theatres. They fought the German, Italian, Japanese and Vichy armies, air forces and navies across Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, India, the Mediterranean and in the Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Arctic Oceans. British forces destroyed Italian armies in North and East Africa and occupied overseas colonies of occupied European nations. Following engagements with Axis forces, British Empire troops occupied Libya, Italian Somaliland, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran and Iraq. The Empire funded and delivered needed supplies by Arctic convoys to the USSR, and supported Free French forces to recapture French Equatorial Africa. Britain also established governments in exile in London to rally support in occupied Europe for the Allied effort. The British held back or slowed the Axis powers for three years while mobilising their globally integrated economy and industrial infrastructure to build what became, by 1942, the most extensive military apparatus of the war. This allowed their later allies to mobilise their economies and develop the military forces required to play a role in the war effort, and for the British to go on the offensive in its theatres of operation.
The entry of the United States into the war in late 1941 injected financial, human and industrial resources into Allied operations. The US produced more than its own military forces required and armed itself and its allies for the most industrialized war in history. At the beginning of the war, the British and French placed large orders for aircraft with American manufacturers and the US Congress approved plans to increase its air forces by 3,000 planes. In May 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt called for the production of 185,000 aeroplanes,120,000 tanks, 55,000 anti-aircraft guns and 18 million tons of merchant shipping in two years. Adolf Hitler was told by his advisors that this was American propaganda; in 1939, annual aircraft production for the US military was less than 3,000 planes. By the end of the war US factories had produced 300,000 planes, and by 1944 had produced two-thirds of the Allied military equipment used in the war — bringing military forces into play in North and South America, the Caribbean, the Atlantic, Western Europe and the Pacific.
The U.S. produced vast quantities of military equipment into late 1945, including nuclear weapons, and became the strongest, most technologically advanced military forces in the world. In addition to out-producing the Axis, the Allies produced technological innovations; through the Tizard Mission, British contributions included radar, sonar, and the proximity fuze; the Americans led the Manhattan Project. The proximity fuze, for example, was five times as effective as contact or timed fuzes and was devastating in naval use against Japanese aircraft and so effective against German ground troops that General George S. Patton said it "won the Battle of the Bulge for us."
The human and social costs of the war on the population of the USSR were immense, with combat deaths alone in the millions. Recognising the importance of their population and industrial production to the war effort, the USSR evacuated the majority of its European territory—moving 2,500 factories, 17 million people and great quantities of resources to the east. Out of German reach, the USSR produced equipment and forces critical to the Axis defeat in Europe. Over one million women served in the Soviet armed forces.
production of fighter aircraft near Niagara Falls, New York
The statistics below illustrate the extent to which the Allies outproduced the Axis. Production of machine tools tripled, and thousands of ships were built in shipyards which did not exist before the war. According to William S. Knudsen, "We won because we smothered the enemy in an avalanche of production, the like of which he had never seen, nor dreamed possible."
Access to resources and large, controlled international labour pools and the ability to build arms in relative peace were critical to the eventual victory of the Allies. Donald Douglas declared, "Here's proof that free men can out-produce slaves."

Production summaries 1939–1945

Personnel

Service	Allies	Axis
Combat	25,000
Auxiliary force	30,000
Merchant Marine	50,000
Irregulars	90,000
Total	80,000,000	30,000,000

Major weapons groups

Economy

In thousands of international dollars, at 2014 prices.

Service	Allies	Axis
GDP	97,707,908,723.20	10,268,201,776.37
Expenditure

Vital commerce and raw materials

Category	Allies	Axis
Cargo ships	47,118	12,762
Merchant shipping	46,817,172	5,621,967
Coal	4,581,400,000	2,629,900,000
Crude oil	1,043,000,000	66,000,000
Steel	733,006,633	x
Aluminium	5,104,697	1,199,150
Asbestos	3,934,043	x

Cargo and resources in metric tonnes
Production overview: service, power and type

Land forces

Power	Tanks & SPGs	Armoured vehicles	Other vehicles	Artillery	Mortars	Machine guns	Personnel
British Empire	47,862	47,420	1,475,521	226,113	239,540	1,090,410	11,192,533
USA and territories	108,410		2,382,311	257,390	105,055	2,679,840	10,000,000
USSR	119,769		197,100	516,648	200,300	1,477,400	34,401,807
Other
Allies	270,041	47,420	4,054,932	1,000,151	544,895	5,247,650
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Germany and territories	67,429	49,777	159,147	73,484	674,280	1,000,730	16,540,835
Hungary	973			447		4,583
Romania	91	251		2,800		10,000
Italian Empire	3,368		83,000	7,200	22,000
Japanese Empire	4,524		165,945	13,350	29,000	380,000
Other
Axis	76,385	50,028	408,092	97,281	725,280	1,395,313

Air forces

Naval forces

Power	Total large ships	Carriers	Battleships	Cruisers	Destroyers	Frigates & Destroyer Escorts	Corvettes	Sloops	Patrol boats	Submarines	De/ Mining	Landing craft	Personnel
British Empire	885	65	20	101	461	209	387	33	4,209	238	1,244	9,538	1,227,415
USA and territories	1216	124	23	72	377	440				245		35,000	x
USSR			2	2	25					52
Other
Allies		165	45	175	863	649	387	33	4,209	568	1,244	44,538
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Germany & territories		1	2		17					1,152		540	1,500,000
Italian Empire		1	3	6	6					63
Japanese Empire		18	2	9	63					199
Romania									8	2	5
Other
Axis	'	'	'	'	'	'				1,416

Munitions

Source: Goldsmith data in Harrison p. 172

Commercial forces

Resources

All figures in millions of tonnes

GDP

provides insight into the relative strength of the belligerents in the run up to, and during the conflict.

Country	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
United Kingdom	284	287	316	344	353	361	346	331
Dominions	115
Colonies	285
British Empire	684	687	716	744	753	761	746	731
France	186	199	82	130	116	110	93	101
Colonies	49
French Empire	235	248	131	179	165	159	142	150
Soviet Union	359	366	417	359	274	305	362	343
Occupied
Soviet Union Total	359	366	417	359	274	305	362	343
United States	800	869	943	1094	1235	1399	1499	1474
Colonies	24
United States Total	824	893	968	1118	1259	1423	1523	1498
Nationalist China	320.5
German Reich	351	384	387	412	417	426	437	310
Occupied		77	430	733	733	430	244
German Reich Total	351	461	817	1145	1150	856	681	310
Italy	141	151	147	144	145	137	117	92
Colonies	3
Occupied			20	20	20	20
Italian Empire	144	154	170	167	168	160	140	115
Japan	169	184	192	196	197	194	189	144
Colonies	63
Occupied
Japanese Empire	232	247	255	259	260	257	252	207
Romania	24
Hungary	24
Bulgaria	10
Albania	1

Romanian, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Albanian GDP calculated by multiplying the GDP per capita of the four countries in 1938 by their estimated populations in 1938: 19,750,000 for Romania, 9,082,400 for Hungary, 6,380,000 for Bulgaria and 1,040,400 for Albania.
Table notes

France to Axis: 1940:50%, 1941–44:100%
USSR to Allies: 1941:44%, 1942–1945:100%.
US direct support to the Allies begins with Lend Lease in March 1941, though the US made it possible for the Allies to purchase US-produced materiel from 1939
Italy to Allies and Axis: 1938:0%, 1939–1943:100% Axis, 1944-1945:100% Allies
Japanese to Axis begins with Tripartite Pact in 1940
The Allied and Axis totals are not the immediate sum of the table values; see the distribution rules used above.
United States World War II GDP (compared to other countries)

GDP during World War II

Debt and higher taxes led to GDP growth percentages over 17%. This trend continued throughout the war and stopped increasing after the war ended. For the United States, government spending was used as a positive indicator of GDP growth. However the high rates of government only was beneficial for a short period of time, a trend that can be seen in most wars.
In 1939, Britain spent 9% of its GDP on defence, this rose drastically after the start of World War II to around 40%. By the year 1945 government spending had peaked at 52% of the national GDP.
Before joining World War II US government spending in 1941 represented 30% of GDP, or about $408 billion. In 1944 at the peak of World War II, government spending had risen to over $1.6 trillion about 79% of the GDP. During this three-year period the total GDP represented by government spending rose 394%.
US unemployment during World War II
During World War II unemployment by 1945 had fallen to 1.9% from 14.6% in 1940. 20% of the population during the war was employed within the armed forces.
The beginning years of World War II shows a spike in employment, but towards the end of the war decreased significantly. The employment spike was in relation to the tremendous amount of production the United States was making. Examples of high numbers of employment could have been seen in at Gulf Shipbuilding which obtained 240 employees at the beginning of 1940 and increased to 11,600 employees in 1943. Alabama Dry dock also was an exemplary business in employment that raised number from 1,000 workers to 30,000 in the most productive years of the war. Demographics of employment consisted of eight million women including African Americans and Latinas, adding to the 24 million that searched for defensive jobs outside of the war.
Price of war

Many concerns and political influence come from the price of war. While GDP can easily increase Federal expenditures, it also can influence political elections and government decision making. No matter how much percentages of GDP increase or decrease we need higher amounts of GDP in order to pay for more investments, one of those investments being more wars. To pay for these wars, taxes are held at a very high rate. For example, by the end of World War II tax rates went from 1.5% to 15%. Along with tax percentages reaching high amounts, spending on non-defense programs were cut in half during the period of World War II. Tax cuts allow one to see GDP in effect for the average American. Still, almost ten years after World War II, in 1950 and 1951 congress raised taxes close to 4% in order to pay for the Korean War. After the Korean War, in 1968 taxes again were raised 10% to pay for the Vietnam War. This caused GDP to raise 1%. Although research can support positive relationship between production and jobs with GDP, research can also show the negative relationship with tax increases and GDP.

US Wartime Production

Prior to the Second World War, the United States was cautious with regard to its manufacturing capabilities as the country was still recovering from the Great Depression. However, during the war, Franklin Roosevelt set ambitious production goals to fulfill. The early 1940s were set to have 60,000 aircraft increasing to 125,000 in 1943. In addition, targets for the production of 120,000 tanks and 55,000 aircraft were set during the same time period. The Ford Motor Company in Michigan built one motor car on the assembly lines every 69 seconds. Ford's production contributed to America's total production of vehicles totalling three million in 1941. American production numbers caused the US employed workforce to increase massively. America's yearly production exceeded Japan's production building more planes in 1944 than Japan built in all the war years combined. As a result, half of the world's war production came from America. The government paid for this production using techniques of selling war bonds to financial institutions, rationing household items and creating more tax revenues. Some contribution to the US wartime manufacturing boom can be ascribed to the prior creation of the Alcoa plant in the 1930s. The Alcoa plant prepared thousands of tons of aluminum used for the production of 304,000 aeroplanes during the war. The United States quickly adjusted to the levels of production required to equip its military with the millions of war products used during World War II.

Personnel – Allied – Britain, dominions and possessions

Including all non-British subjects in British services.

	Army	Army	Navy	Navy	Marines	Air Force	Air Force	Auxiliary	Merchant marine	Partisans	Total combat	Other labour
Aden											1,200
Australia	727,703	24,026	36,976	3,000		124,007	27,000		4,500		942,712
Argentine volunteers	1,700		1,700			600					4,000
Basutoland/Bechuana/Swaziland	10,000										36,000
Free Belgian Forces	42,300		1,200			1,900					45,770	370
Britain	3,300,000	210,309	865,000	74,000	78,500	1,208,000	181,909	1,500,000	185,000		7,602,718
B. Indian Ocean	6,500										6,500
Canada	705,374	25,251	99,822	7,100		222,501	27,123	82,163	18,000		1,187,334
Caribbean / Bermuda											10,000
Ceylon											26,000
Chinese volunteers									10,000		10,000
Cyprus	30,000										30,000
Czech volunteers	4,000					2,000					6,000
East Africa	200,000										228,000
Egypt	100,000										100,000
Falklands											200
Fiji	7,000							1,071			7,000
Free French Forces			3,700			20					3,720
Free Greek	5,000		8,500			250					14,000
Gibraltar											700
Guiana, British	32	10	42			33		48			196	31
Hong Kong	2,200										2,200
India	2,500,000	11,000	45,947			30,000			50,000		2,586,957	14,000,000
Ireland	70,000										70,000
Lesoto	21,000										21,000
Free Luxembourg	80										80
Malaysia	1,500		1,450					3,215		4,800	10,965
Malta											8,200
Mauritius								6,800			3,500
Nepal	250,280										250,280
Free Dutch	4,000	1,000				1000			12.000		6,000
South Africa											?

Note:

Auxiliary units include Home Guard, Reserves, Police regiments, etc.
Personnel – Axis – German Reich

This includes all German and non-German subjects serving within German Reich forces.

	Army	Army	Navy	Navy	Marines	Air force	Air force	Auxiliary	Merchant marine	Partisans	Total combat	Other labour
Albania	9,000										9,000
Arab legion	20,000										20,000
Belgium	22,000										22,000
Bulgaria	30,000										90,000
Croatia	55,500		500			400		32,000			88,400
Czech	6,465										6,465
Denmark	12,000										12,000
Finland vol	2,500										2,500
France & territories	8,000		4,500					5,080			17,580	348,500
Germany & territories	14,793,200		1,500,000			3,400,000					19,693,200
Greece								22,000			22,000
Hungary	40,000										40,000
Italy	18,000										18,000
India	4,500										4,500
Luxembourg	12,035										12,035
Netherlands	45,000										45,000
Norway	50,000		1,500			1,500					53,000
Poland	75,000							45,000			120,000
Portugal	200										200
Romania	55,000										55,000
Serbia	10,000										10,000
Slovakia	45,000										45,000
Slovenia	6,000										6,000
Spain	47,000										47,000
Sweden	300										300
Switzerland	800										800
USA	0										0
USSR	1,051,000					300		100,000			1,151,300
Total	16,336,755		1,506,500			3,402,200		204,080			21,582,300	348,000

Note:

Auxiliary units include Home Guard, Wehrmachtsgefolge, Reserves, Police regiments, etc.
USSR includes Armenia 4k SS,14k Wehr, 7k Aux; Azerbaijan 55k SS, 70k Wehr; Belarus 12k Wehr, 20k Aux; Cossack 200k Wehr; Estonia 20k SS, 50k Wehr, 7k Aux; Georgia 10k SS; 30k Wehr; Kalmyk 5k Wehr; Latvia 55k SS; 87k Wehr, 300 Air, 23k Aux; Lithuania 50k Wehr, 10 Aux; North Caucuses 4k SS; Russia 60k SS, 26k Wehr; Turkestan 16k Wehr; Ukrainian 300k Wehr; 2k Aux; Tatar/Urals 12k Wehr
Aircraft – Allied – British Empire

Within the UK, initially aircraft production was very vulnerable to enemy bombing. To expand and diversify the production base the British set up "Shadow factories". These brought other manufacturing companies – such as vehicle manufacturers – into aircraft production, or aircraft parts production. These inexperienced companies were set up in groups under the guidance or control of the aircraft manufacturers. New factory buildings were provided with government money.

Fighters	Australia	Britain	Canada	India	New Zealand	South Africa	Total
Blackburn Roc		136					136
Boulton Paul Defiant		1,065					1065
CAC Boomerang	250						250
CAC Mustang	200						200
de Havilland Hornet		60					60
de Havilland Vampire		244					244
Fairey Firefly		872					872
Fairey Fulmar		600					600
Gloster Gladiator		98					98
Gloster Meteor		239					239
Hawker Hurricane		14,231	1,451				15,682
Hawker Tempest		1,702					1,702
Hawker Typhoon		3,330					3,330
Supermarine Seafire		2,334					2,334
Supermarine Spitfire		20,351					20,351
Westland Whirlwind		116					116
Total Fighters	450	50,897	2,077				53,424
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bombers	Australia	Britain	Canada	India	New Zealand	South Africa
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley		1,780					1,780
Avro Lancaster		7,307	430				7,377
Avro Lincoln		6	1				6
Avro Manchester		202					202
Fairey Barracuda		2,607					2,607
Blackburn Skua		192					192
Bristol Beaufighter	364	5,564					5,928
Bristol Beaufort	700	1,429					2,129
Bristol Blenheim		5,519	626				6,145
Bristol Buckingham		119					119
de Havilland Mosquito	212	6,199	1,134				7,545
Fairchild SBF & CCF SBW Helldiver			1,134				1,134
Fairey Albacore		800					800
Fairey Swordfish		2,396					2,396
Handley Page Halifax		6,178					6,178
Handley Page Hampden		152	160				312
Short Stirling		2,383					2,383
Vickers Wellington		11,461					11,461
Total Bombers	1,349	44,391	3,019				54,577
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reconnaissance & patrol	Australia	Britain	Canada	India	New Zealand	South Africa
Bristol Bolingbroke			676				626
Bristol Bombay		51					51
Blackburn Botha		580					580
Blackburn Shark			17				17
Consolidated Canso			721				993
Piper Cub			150				150
Saro Lerwick		21					21
Supermarine Sea Otter		292					292
Short Seaford		10					10
Short Sunderland		767					767
Supermarine Stranraer			39				39
Supermarine Walrus		746					746
Taylorcraft Auster		1,800					1,800
Vickers Warwick		845					845
Total Reconnaissance		5,112	882				6,937
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Transport	Australia	Britain	Canada	India	New Zealand	South Africa
Airspeed Horsa		5,000					5,000
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle		602					602
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley		1,814					1,814
Avro Lancastrian		82	6				82
Avro York		259	1				259
CAC Gliders	8						8
De Havilland Australia DHA-G1/G2	8						8
de Havilland Dragon Dominie		474					474
de Havilland Flamingo		14					14
General Aircraft Hamilcar		412					412
General Aircraft Hotspur		1,015					1,015
Miles Messenger		93					93
Miles Monitor		22					22
Noorduyn Norseman			861				861
Northrop/Canadian-Vickers Delta			19				19
Percival Petrel		7					7
Short S.26		3					3
Slingsby Hengist		18					18
Westland Lysander		1,445	225				1,670
total Transports	16	11,260	1,112				12,381
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trainers	Australia	Britain	Canada	India	New Zealand	South Africa
Airspeed Oxford		8,586					8,586
Avions Fairey Tipsy B		15					15
Avro Anson		8,488	3,197				11,685
Bristol Buckmaster		112					112
CAC Wackett	202						202
CAC Wirraway	755						755
de Havilland Don		30					30
de Havilland Moth Minor		100					100
de Havilland Tiger Moth	1,080	5,738	1,748		150		8,716
Fairchild Cornell			1,642				1,642
Fairey Battle		2,201					2,201
Fleet Finch			606				606
Fleet Fort			101				101
Hawker Henley		200					200
Harlow PC-5			5	50			55
Miles Magister		1,303					1,303
Miles Martinet		1,724					1,724
Miles Master		3,250					3,250
Miles Mentor		45					45
North American Harvard			3,985				3,985
Percival Proctor		1,143					1,143
Total Trainers	2,037	32,935	11,284	50	150		46,456
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other	Australia	Britain	Canada	India	New Zealand	South Africa	Empire
Prototypes	2	61	1
Other		78	2
Total Other	2	139	3				144
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grand Total	3,854	144,734	18,377	50	150	0	173,759

Aircraft – Allies – France, Poland and minor powers

Production numbers until the time of the German occupation of the respective country.
Some types listed were in production before the war, those listed were still in production at the time of or after the Munich crisis.

Fighters	Belgium	Czechoslovakia	Denmark	France	Netherlands	Poland	Yugoslavia	Total
Avia B.534-IV/Bk.534		274
Caudron CR.714				90
Dewoitine D.520				403
Fokker D.XXI			10		110			120
Koolhoven F.K.58					20
Avions Fairey Fox VI/VII	106
Fokker G.I					63
Hawker Hurricane I	15						20
Ikarus IK-2							12
Rogozarski IK-3							12
Bloch MB.151/152				636
Morane-Saulnier MS.406				1,077
Potez 630/631				280
PZL.50 Jastrząb
PZL P.24						118
Arsenal VG.33/36/39				40
Total	121	274	10	2,526	193	119	44	3,287
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Attack	Belgium	Czechoslovakia	Denmark	France	Netherlands	Poland	Yugoslavia	Total
Breguet Br.690				230
Laté 298				121
Loire-Nieuport LN.40				68
Fairey P.4/34
Rogožarski PVT							61
Total				419			61	480
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bombers	Belgium	Czechoslovakia	Denmark	France	Netherlands	Poland	Yugoslavia	Total
Aero A.101		64
Aero A.304		19
Amiot 351/354				80
Avia B-71		61
Fairey Battle I	18
Fokker C.X/Fokker C.XI					53
Dornier Do 17K							70
Farman F.222.2/F.223				25
LeO 45				452
LWS-6 Żubr						17
Bloch MB.131				143
Bloch MB.174/175				79
Bloch MB.210				298
Potez 633				55
PZL.37						120
PZL.43						54
PZL.46						2
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H							19
Fokker T.V					16
Fokker T.VIII					36
Total	18	144		1,132	105	193	89	1,681

Aircraft - Axis - All

Occupied countries produced weapons for the Axis powers. Figures are for the period of occupation only.

Fighters	Belgium	Bulgaria	Czech	Netherlands	Finland	France	Germany	Hungary	Italy	Japan	Poland	Romania	Yugoslavia	Total
Mitsubishi A6M Zero										10,939
Nakajima A6M2-N										327
Arado Ar 240							14
Avia B-135			12
Avia B-534			78
Bachem Ba 349							36
Messerschmitt Bf 109							33,142	309						33,984
Messerschmitt Bf 110							6,170							6,170
Macchi C.200/Macchi C.202/Macchi C.205									2,766
Fiat CR.25									12
Fiat CR.42									1,782
Dewoitine D.520						440
Dornier Do 17Z-7/Z-10							12
Dornier Do 335							37
Caproni Vizzola F.5									14
Koolhoven F.K.52				6
Focke-Wulf Fw 190							20,000
Fiat G.50									666
Fiat G.55									305
Heinkel He 100							25
Heinkel He 112							60
Heinkel He 162							320
Heinkel He 219							300
IAR 80												346
Nakajima J1N										479
Mitsubishi J2M										621
Kawasaki Ki-10										283
Nakajima Ki-27										3,399
Nakajima Ki-43										5,919
Nakajima Ki-44										1,227
Kawasaki Ki-45										1,701
Kawasaki Ki-61										3,159
Nakajima Ki-84										3,514
Kawasaki Ki-100										395
Bloch MB.150						35
Messerschmitt Me 163 /Mitsubishi J8M							370			7				377
Messerschmitt Me 262							1,430
Mörkö-Morane					41									-
Morane-Saulnier MS.410						74
Kawanishi N1K										1,435
PZL P.24											25	25		50
Reggiane Re.2000, 2001, 2002 & 2005								204	531					735
IMAM Ro.44									35
IMAM Ro.57									75
Ambrosini SAI.207									14
Focke-Wulf Ta 152 & Focke-Wulf Ta 154							200							these are unrelated types.
VL Myrsky					51
VL Pyry					41
Total			90	6	133	549	62,116	513	6,200	33,405	25	371		96,551
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Attack	Belgium	Bulgaria	Czech	Netherlands	Finland	France	Germany	Hungary	Italy	Japan	Poland	Romania	Yugoslavia
Nakajima B5N										1,149
Nakajima B6N										1,268
Aichi B7A										114
Breda Ba.65									218
Breda Ba.88									149
Aichi D3A										1,486
Yokosuka D4Y										2,038
CANSA FC.12									11
CANSA FC.20									6
Heinkel He 115							138
Heinkel He 118							15
Henschel Hs 123							250
Henschel Hs 129							865
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka							6,500
Mitsubishi Ki-51										2,385
Kawasaki Ki-102										238
Aichi M6A										28
Messerschmitt Me 210							400	272						672
Messerschmitt Me 410							1,189
Yokosuka MXY7										852
Fiat RS.14									188
Savoia-Marchetti SM.85									34
Total							9,092	272	606	9,558				30,903
Bombers	Belgium	Bulgaria	Czech	Netherlands	Finland	France	Germany	Hungary	Italy	Japan	Poland	Romania	Yugoslavia
Aero A.304			4
Arado Ar 234							210
Bloch MB.174/175						38								-
Fiat BR.20									602
Caproni Ca.135									140
Caproni Ca.309-314									1,516
Dornier Do 22							30
Dornier Do 17E/F							405
Dornier Do 17K							14
Dornier Do 17M/P/R/S/U							448
Dornier Do 17Z							875
Dornier Do 215							105
Dornier Do 217							1,025
Fieseler Fi 167							14
Focke-Wulf Fw 200							276
Mitsubishi G3M										1,048
Mitsubishi G4M										2,435
Heinkel He 111							7,300
Heinkel He 177							1,190
IAR 37												380
							16,517
Kaproni-Bulgarski KB.6		24
Mitsubishi Ki-21										2,064
Mitsubishi Ki-30										704
Kawasaki Ki-32										854
Kawasaki Ki-48										1,997
Nakajima Ki-49										819
Mitsubishi Ki-67/Mitsubishi Ki-109										767
LeO 45						162								-
Piaggio P.108								35
Yokosuka P1Y										1,102
Kyushu Q1W										153
Letov Š-328			80
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79									1,350			64
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82									379
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84									246
Weiss WM-21								128
CANT Z.506B									320
CANT Z.1007									660
CANT Z.1018									15
Total		24	84			200	28,409	128	5,263	11,943		380		44,802

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Canada at War July 4, 2009
Gillespie, Oliver A. The Pacific Historical Publications Branch, 1952, Wellington
bharat-rakshak.com
idsa.in
defencejournal.com
BBC WWII Peoples War
Luxembourg Army
country-data.com
Personnel - Axis
Croatia 2, Munoz 1996
Croatia 3, Tomasevich 2001
Volunteers, Ailsby 2004
Aircraft - Allied
Barnes 1989
Bishop 2002
Bowyer 1980
Butler 2004
Flint 2006
Green 1967
Jackson 1987
Jane's 1989
Mason 1994
Morgan ?
Otway 1990
Swanborough 1997
Tapper 1988
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, 1985
Aircraft - Axis
Dressel and Griehl 1994
Encyclopedia of weapons of World War Two
Francillon 1970
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, 1985
Jane's 1989
Mondey 1996
Smith and Anthony ?
Raw materials
The Mineral Industry of the British Empire and Foreign Countries, Statistical Summary 1938–1944, The Imperial Institute, HMSO, 1948
The Mineral Industry of the British Empire and Foreign Countries, Statistical Summary 1941–1947, The Imperial Institute, HMSO, 1949
Official histories
History of the Second World War, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1949 to 1993
Official History of Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Australian Government Printing Service, 1952 to 1977
, Stacey, C P., Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1955
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War 1939-45, Combined Inter-Services Historical Section, India & Pakistan, New Delhi, 1956-1966
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45, Historical Publications Branch, Wellington, New Zealand, 1965

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