WWII: Economics and Production – Mark Schwartz 4 sessions on Tuesdays beginning October 6 at 9:00 a.m. in Hopi
$10.00
4 Thursdays at 9:00 a.m. October 8, 15, 22 and 29 in Hopi.
Presenter: Mark R. Schwartz is a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel with 1550 flying hours in the F-4 Phantom and was embedded in Army units for close air support duty. His aerospace industry career spanned over 30 years including aircraft companies like Northrop and Lockheed. Mark currently heads the SaddleBrooke WWII Roundtable, has taught at SaddleBrooke’s ILR, Osher Lifelong Learning, Pima Air Museum and has been a SaddleBrooke resident for 11 years.
Description
America’s entry into World War II awakened the world’s sleeping industrial giant which expeditiously and dramatically tipped the contest to the Allies. America not only outproduced Germany and Japan in quantities of aircraft, tanks and ships, but manufactured them faster and cheaper. The course segments explore how the U.S. Britain and Germany financed their war efforts and examine narratives of political, military, business leaders and workers winning the war thousands of miles from the combat zone. The course delves into details and nuances of economic policies, manufacturing techniques and output and the American leaders, executives and workers who created the war winning system and built the needed war goods.
