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Works Cited

Primary Sources

Bromberg, Irving. "Irv Bromberg." Interview by Dave Graham. Columbus Jewish Historical

Society, 11 Feb. 2003, columbusjewishhistory.org/oral_histories/irv-bromberg/. Accessed

29 Nov. 2018. This source is trustworthy because it comes from a firsthand interview

with the actual person. This interview has been posted on History.Com as well as

National Geographic. The interview helped us because we get a primary source from a

person participating directly in the War, not by the people running it.

Krier, Mae. Interview. 18 Apr. 2017. This is an interview with one of the Rosie the Riveters in

World War II. This information comes directly from one of the Rosies and talks about the

women that helped in factories during the war.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. "Arsenal of Democracy." Fireside Chat 16, 29 Dec. 1940. Address.

This source is FDR's speech on the "Arsenal of Democracy" we used many quotes from

this source and used information in our section on the Arsenal of Democracy. This is a

reliable source because it comes from the President who gave the address.

Vellema, Charles. Interview. By Robert Daniels. This is a primary source that shows the life of a

soldier that participated in World War II, this source is reliable because it is information

that cam directly from one oft he soldiers.

Secondary Sources

"Arsenal of Democracy." Detroit Historical Society, detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-

detroit/arsenal-democracy. Accessed 27 Nov. 2018. We used this source to find reliable

information because it comes from a trusted source.


Baime, A.J. "How Detroit Won World War II." History, A+E Networks, www.history.com/how-

detroit-won-world-war-ii. Accessed 13 Dec. 2018. This site is easy to use, and we used it

due to the fact that it directly relating to our topic. In addition, there are many additional

resources and links, such as the role of women in the war.

Blaine, A. J. "How Detroit Won World War II." History, www.history.com/how-detroit-won-

world-war-ii. This is a website link that came form the original website by A.J Blaine.

This website gives more detailed explanations to how the material was manufactured and

shipped.

Bradford, George. American Armored Fighting Vehicles. Mechanicsburg, Stackpole Books,

2007. World War II AFV Plans. This website gave us a tactical insight to the machines

the plants were producing. In these machines, they were simply designed to outclass their

enemies. However, the most produced tank was the Sherman, which won battles by

simply outnumbering and outgunning the enemy.

Herman, Arthur. "Book Review: 'The Arsenal of Democracy' by A.J. Baime." The Wall Street

Journal, 13 June 2014. The Wall Street Journal, www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-the-

arsenal-of-democracy-by-a-j-baime-1402693102. Accessed 10 Dec. 2018. This book

review was helpful in the summary of the book, as well as explaining some things in the

book.

Hyde, Charles K. Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War II.

Detroit, Wayne State UP, 2013. This book shows the impact that the war made on the

automobile industry. During the war, car production dropped down. Vehicle production,

however went up.


Johnson, Robin. The Great Depression. St. Catharines, Crabtree Publishing Company, 2014.

This book gave us information about the end of the Great Depression, and how WW2

transformed American into a global superpower to be reckoned with. We found this book

with Mrs. Chatel's help.

Kennedy, David M. "The Great Depression and World War 2, 1929-1945." The Guilder

Lehrman Institute of American History, 8 Apr. 2012, www.gilderlehrman.org/history-

now/great-depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945. Accessed 10 Dec. 2018. This website

gave us accurate pre and post Great Depression photos, as well as showing the transition

into war in America.

"Sherman Tank." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 July 2018,

www.britannica.com/technology/Sherman-tank. Accessed 13 Nov. 2018. This Britannica

article gave us an important explanation as to why mass-producing tanks was so

important for the U.S. Germany produced top-of-the-line tanks, capable of taking down

many allied tanks at once. The only choice for the allies was to start mass-producing

tanks that they already had, to overwhelm the Axis with sheer numbers.

Song, Song. "Ford in World War 2." Ford Rouge River Factory, 30 Nov. 2018, Rouge River

Factory. Speech. This primary source was given by our Applied Engineering teacher,

explaining the inner workings of the Rouge River Factory, which now manufactures Ford

vehicles. The main idea of the speech was the transition into and out of war.

"Tank Factories of the Second World War, 1940-1945." Rare Historical Photos,

rarehistoricalphotos.com/tank-production-ww2/. Accessed 13 Dec. 2018. This website

allowed us to compare German and American warfare technology. The German


manufacturing is no doubt superior, but was sometimes unreliable and was unable to be

manufactured at a pace to keep up with the allies.

"Willow Run." Detroit Historical Society, detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-

detroit/willow-run. Accessed 13 Dec. 2018. This website gave us a lot of information

about Ford's Willow Run Bomber Plant which produced most of World War II's B24s.

"Willow Run Bomber Plant." Arsenal of Democracy, pp. 1-36. Detroit in WW2. Benson Ford

Research Center, www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-

collections/expert-sets/101765/#mod=exhibit-view. Accessed 6 Dec. 2018. This site

contained many images that we used in our pages about the Willow Run Bomber Plant

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