American History

The American war effort during World War II could  encompass volumes of research and dedicated scrutiny however, the American war effort could be concisely stated into three categories Leadership, Logistics and Production. These three categories which straddle both military and civilian efforts comprise the core concepts of the American war effort. In the following paragraph
Leadership defined is the ability to lead a group or a nation of people into a common cause. In the case of the Second World War this leadership took the shape of both political and domestic figure heads who both inspired and motivated their respective peer groups. From Douglass Macarthur to Franklin D. Roosevelt as military leaders to Bob Hope and Glenn Miller as domestic leaders these men asked soldiers and civilians alike for  great sacrifice which the populace gladly gave.  As for logistics, the ability for the American military and civilians to move large tonnages of raw and finished goods enabled the American war effort to be established on two fronts. Some basic examples of logistics would be the control of the Panama Canal, the well established rail roads across the country and air security over the continental United States. War production often quoted as the main reason for allied victory during World War II , is of importance, but I would place it last in the above three. Having a reserve of female workers though important, was nothing new as Germany had had instituted the same. However, it was in fact the ability of the American war effort to still produce some normal domestic goods that allowed the civilian population some sense of luxury whereas the axis powers by the end of the war had moved completely and solely to war production.
It is in these three points Leadership, Logistics and Production, that the American war effort during the Second Would War could be summarized. These concepts though not detailed here cover both the military and domestics aspects of the United States war effort.