Before America could win the war, it had to build the tools to fight it. At the start of WWII, the U.S. was underpowered and underestimated, but Detroit changed everything. With Nazi Germany advancing, President Roosevelt launched a bold plan to transform Detroit’s car factories into a wartime powerhouse. A.J. Baime and Arthur Herman explain how Detroit’s rise helped crush Hitler’s ambitions and turned the tide of World War II.
