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To: tejek who wrote (482597)	5/21/2009 5:25:05 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1574098

What I was looking for was a percent of GDP based on each country's currency. I couldn't find such a comparison. Because such a comparison is impossible. You have to use the same standard in order to make a comparison. If you know how many marks equal a dollar then you can just do the math and present the figures in dollars. If you don't know than calculating the number of marks for one country and dollars for the other is meaningless. You might use another method to calculate the relative value of the currencies rather than "international dollars" that was used by my sources, but its a fairly standard one, and the extra GDP and spending by the US is so much greater that is unlikely, nearly impossible, that any other reasonable method would make much of a difference. Everyone knew the US could outproduce them. Our allies (esp. the UK) relied on our equipment to a large extent. Our enemies hoped to win before our production advantage would prove decisive. Yamamoto figured he could run rampant over the US for a time, but that if they didn't win quick we where too big for Japan. The difference, and thoughts about that difference where less extreme in Europe but everyone knew the US had the powerhouse economy of the world.