Everybody seems to ignore that the Brits sent their troops inFrance and these troops were swept away at the same speed as the French . By this time Churchill openly said that the only difference between Britain and France was the English Channel .
WWII: Economy Strength: Allies vs. Axis
In 1941, at the time of Pearl Harbor, the US economy alone was five times the size of the Japanese. By 1945, the US economy was ten times the size of the Japanese.
- .. US submarines had sunk the bulk of Japan’s shipping, leaving Japan on the verge of starvation.