Every minute one postwar problem was getting bigger & bigger. What will the U.S. do at war's end with the vast supply of war machines it has sent overseas?
In Postwar I the problem was comparatively simple. The U.S. purchased most of its supplies in Europe. It sold all but some 2% of the salvageable material back to European countries (at a handsome loss) and left the stuff there. Less than $1 billion of material was involved.
World War II has already cost U.S. taxpayers $184 billion—the cost of World War I was only $32 billion. Lend-Lease has passed $24 billion....