USA,
United States, The US joined the war in December 1941, so it doomed the Axis cause, while
the effects of US's war production were already being felt.The factories produced in a short time
90.000 tanks, over 2.200.000 transport vehicles and 240.000 planes, this turned the tide.An
inexperience US army landed in North Afica, November 1942, the first offensive action. The US
infantrymen were not the best soldiers and the army consisted of mostly volunteers or draftees and
green officers, so poorly performing.The American soldiers were well-supported, for every soldier
at the front, eight rear echelon supported him and every soldier was good equipped with rifles and
automatic weapons enjoying heavy firepower. The US had plenty of tanks and most US armor
divisions were tank heavy.As the German blitzkrieg woke up, the US began the more heavily
armored formations. But often the poorly armed Sherman has to fight the German Panther or
Tiger, even tank destroyers, like the M-10 Wolverine or Hellcat, with 76mm guns still did have
problems shooting it out with the heavier German tanks. The Americans believed in "victory
through firepower", this was more true during the war, when their artillery support came, by air
power and offshore batteries, to break Germans attacks.Infantry at least had one battalion of
155mm guns and the 105mm howitzers, so plentiful ammunition available, lots of firepower,
constantly artillery and air support.
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