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    This answer would be improved with sources. Commented Nov 1, 2016 at 14:39
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    Good answer. Google "pby Catalina" as US Airpower literally made itself felt on December 8th, 1941. There was no way Japan was going to attack or invade the West Coast of the USA in World War 2. The flip side turned out to be "now the United States is going to attack you" I might add. Once we discovered the Panama Canal was free and clear "the Eastern United States and Canada had Happy Time.... Commented Nov 1, 2016 at 16:06
  • Logistics, +1. The Allies were led by a man who decided we needed nearly two hundred thousand deuce and a half's to win WWII (which were mainly used as non-combat vehicles). How's that for a source? ;) Commented Nov 2, 2016 at 8:20
  • Oops, looks like my numbers were a little off: "By the end of production in 1945, 562,750 CCKWs in all variants had been built, a total second only to the “Jeep”." Commented Nov 2, 2016 at 8:25