Because Germany is bigger and more populous than Britain. equal proportions still leave Britain in some absolute inferiority, On the other hand Britain. though she necessarily wastes part of her effort through air raids, etc, probably wastes less than does Germany (a detailed demonstration of that point would require about 10.000 words) and valuable supplies (first-class men and first-class manpower in the most concentrated form of finished munitions). coming from the British Empire, the United States and the allies. offset the loot and forced labour which Germany extorts from the countries under her heel.
Absolute comparisons (which must always be nebulous) of Britain's and Germany's relative war expenditures range from already about level (which may slightly flatter Britain) to two to one in Germany's favour (which certainly flatters Germany), But even assuming =the latter—assuming Germany is Spending the equivalent of U.S.$40,000,000.000 on
U.S.$20.000,000,000—remember that the the war compared with Britain's. say, United States national" income approaches U.S.$100,000.000.000, The proportion of that which the United States is devoting to the saving of civilization is still indecisive, and only about 12 per cent, But it has increased fivefold in the past year, and the Americans are
and as fast as may be necessary. now determined to expand it as far The day when United States avalanche crushes Hitler may come, sooner than can be foreseen, but soon or distant, it appears certain, Reuter,
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