World War II economic mobilization

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economic policy historical process war economy

World War II economic mobilization was the large-scale transformation of national economies—especially in the United States and other Allied powers—into war-focused production systems that ended mass unemployment and massively expanded industrial output.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
United States home front during World War II	2
British war economy during World War II	1
United States war and postwar mobilization apparatus	1
United States war economy during World War II	1
World War II armaments production	1
World War II economic mobilization canonical	1
World War II home front economic administration	1
World War II home front economic regulation	1
World War II industrial expansion	1
World War II industrial mobilization	1
World War II labor–government cooperation	1
World War II shipbuilding program	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	economic policy ⓘ historical process ⓘ war economy ⓘ
aimedAt	eliminating peacetime unemployment ⓘ maximizing war production ⓘ supporting large-scale military operations ⓘ
appliesTo	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allied powers Axis powers ⓘ
characterizedBy	full employment conditions in many belligerent states ⓘ high levels of government intervention in the economy ⓘ priority of military needs over civilian consumption ⓘ
endTime	late 1940s ⓘ
hasPart	British wartime economic mobilization ⓘ German wartime economic mobilization ⓘ Japanese wartime economic mobilization ⓘ Soviet wartime economic mobilization ⓘ War Manpower Commission ⓘ surface form: United States wartime economic mobilization home front industrial production ⓘ labor mobilization ⓘ price controls ⓘ rationing systems ⓘ strategic resource allocation ⓘ war finance policies ⓘ
inContextOf	World War II ⓘ
influenced	military–industrial complex ⓘ surface form: Cold War military–industrial policy postwar reconstruction strategies ⓘ postwar welfare state expansion in some countries ⓘ
involvedSector	agriculture ⓘ automobile industry ⓘ aviation industry ⓘ energy production ⓘ heavy industry ⓘ research and development ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ
resultedIn	end of mass unemployment in the United States ⓘ expansion of government economic planning ⓘ expansion of industrial capacity in the United States ⓘ growth of military–industrial complexes ⓘ increased female labor force participation ⓘ long-term structural changes in national economies ⓘ massive expansion of industrial output ⓘ postwar economic dominance of the United States ⓘ rapid GDP growth in participating countries ⓘ technological innovation in industry ⓘ
startTime	late 1930s ⓘ
usedPolicyInstrument	allocation of raw materials ⓘ centralized procurement ⓘ industrial conversion from civilian to military production ⓘ rationing of consumer goods ⓘ selective service and conscription ⓘ tax increases ⓘ wage and price controls ⓘ war bond campaigns ⓘ war production boards ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Depression → followedBy → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

War Manpower Commission → historicalPeriod → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States home front during World War II

Public Law 77-671 → relatedTo → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States home front during World War II

Great Migration of African Americans out of the region → cause → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Migration of African Americans

this entity surface form: World War II industrial expansion

British home front during World War II → hasPart → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: British war economy during World War II

Willy Messerschmitt → participatedIn → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II armaments production

United States Maritime Commission → significantEvent → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II shipbuilding program

Civilian Production Administration → partOf → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States war and postwar mobilization apparatus

Hugh Gaitskell → militaryService → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II home front economic administration

Congress of Industrial Organizations → significantEvent → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II labor–government cooperation

Prentiss M. Brown → participatedIn → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II home front economic regulation

Executive Order 9347 → relatedTo → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States war economy during World War II

Thompson Products → participatedIn → World War II economic mobilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II industrial mobilization