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Collection	Master of Military Art and Science Theses
Title	Effectiveness of the Army and Navy Munitions Board during the interwar period.
Author	Maenhardt, John W.
Branch/Country	Logistics
Abstract	In spite of a late entry into World War I, the United States found itself unprepared to adequately equip its expeditionary forces for combat operations in Europe. After the War, Congress passed the National Defense Act of 1920, which tasked the Assistant Secretary of War with establishing a unified procurement program for the services and preparing the country for industrial mobilization in the event of another national conflict. Two years later the Army and Navy Munitions Board (ANMB) was established with the task of providing a unified procurement program for both services. Throughout the interwar period the ANMB focused on preparing the nation for industrial mobilization, which was seen as one of the keys to success on the modern battlefield. The ANMB was instrumental to the development of the industrial mobilization plan, which outlined the total mobilization of the country towards wartime production. The ANMB created these plans with little support from the services or political administrations and in a climate when public sentiment was against U.S. involvement in another European war. When the U.S. did commit itself to the Allied cause in World War II, the industrial mobilization plan was not implemented and the ANMB was marginalized as an organization. However, this is not to say that the ANMB failed in its task. Though the industrial mobilization plan was not implemented, many aspects of the plan were put into operation throughout the war. The planning process served to address many aspects of industrial mobilization that were never even considered before, such as military control of the economy and distribution of resources. Throughout the war the ANMB established itself as a liaison between the services and private industry. The ANMB worked with several other mobilization organizations, including the War Production Board on the allocation of resources and factory development. Though the ANMB did not achieve the mission for which it was created, it did serve to prepare the U.S. for entry into World War II.
Keyword	Measures of effectiveness; Interwar period, 1919-1939; United States Army; United States Navy; Ordnance; Industrial mobilization; Procurement; World War, 1914-1918; WWI; World War, 1939-1945; World War Two; WWII; Military planning; National defense; Economics
Series	Command and General Staff College (CGSC) MMAS thesis
Focus Program	Military History
Publisher	Fort Leavenworth, KS : US Army Command and General Staff College,
Date, Original	2008-06-13
Date, Digital	2008-06-13
Resource Type	Textual
Format	PDF; Adobe Acrobat Reader required; 135 p.; 573 KB.
Call number	ADA 483041
Release statement	Approved for public release; Distribution is unlimited. The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the student-authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College or any other governmental agency. (References to these studies should include the foregoing statement.)
Repository	Combined Arms Research Library
Library	Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library
Date created	2008-07-01

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