From cover memo 9 April 1946: "Its purpose is to provide a brief account of the War Department's achievements in the production of munitions, together with an indication of the more important administrative problems which had to be solved in order to make that achievement possible.

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Foreword -- The Achievement -- The Basis of Success -- The Experience of the First World War -- Industrial Mobilization Planning Between Wars -- Preparations on the Eve of the Crisis -- The Storm Strikes -- Getting the Program Underway -- The Progress of Munitions Program -- The Problem of Objective -- The Critical Eighteen Months -- The American Production Program Blocks the Axis' Second Chance for Victory -- After Pearl Harbor -- 1942; The Year of Greatest Expansion --Full Production Prepares the Climax of the War -- The Change to a One-Front War -- The Manhattan District Project -- The Final Production Picture -- Problems of Building Up and Maintaining Production -- Economy in the Munitions Program -- Enough and On Time -- The Perils of Victory.