Hermann Göring Laughed At US Production Goals Before America Built 100,000 Planes

Discover how the Nazi Reichsmarschall’s arrogance transformed into the Luftwaffe’s funeral, as Hermann Göring openly mocked President Roosevelt’s 1940 pledge to build 50,000 planes a year, calling it "bluff" and "propaganda," only to watch American industry churn out 300,000 aircraft by 1945. This industrial warfare saga traces the conversion of the US auto industry into the "Arsenal of Democracy," featuring the Ford Willow Run plant which produced one B-24 Liberator every 63 minutes on a mile-long assembly line, and the frantic attempts by the Luftwaffe to defend against "clouds" of bombers that darkened the sky. Through the production statistics where the US built more planes in 1944 alone (96,318) than Germany built in the entire war, the shortage of German fuel and pilots to meet the threat, and Göring’s eventual admission that he knew the war was lost when he saw American fighters over Berlin, this narrative reveals the sheer scale of Detroit’s contribution to victory, ultimately proving that modern wars are won on the factory floor.