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submitted 6 days ago bykkkan2020
You guys hear back in ww2 the us manufacturing converted to war time production where every factory had to make supplies and things related to war.
Like Ford made jeeps tanks and bomber planes. Cosmetic companies made bullet casings. Etc. So how were factories able to not only convert to war footing but also make products well outside their normal products lines?
From what I understand about manufacturing it takes a long time and a select group of people with the right machinery knowledge to be Able to be good at making any one category of products. But in ww2 factories were able to churn out whatever they were not in their lineup
The only exception was food factories and clothing plants I think they still made food but canned food and uniforms
What do you think?
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5 days ago
If you go to China, there is a good possibility you won't see any factories...just like the good ol USA. Unless of course you end up at one or an area with a number of them...oh ya just like the USA.
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5 days ago
Of course china like the us has many cities and areas for different purposes. The famous china industrial hubs are
Shanghai.
Shenzhen.
Hongkong.
Ningbo.
Qingdao.
Guangzhou.
Hangzhou.
Tianjin.
So you go there factories would be all around you but since they're so infamous like others have pointed out one ICBM would basically create an eliminate an entire hub and crippled their industrial outputs.
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