The War Production Board (WPB) was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established it …

Aug 9, 2025 · The War Production Board (WPB) was a United States government agency established during World War II to manage and oversee the conversion of American industry …

Historical studies, bibliographies, and other records relating to the organization and activities of the War Industries Board ("War Industry Board Manuals"), 1941-42.

The War Production Board transformed American industry by overseeing the conversion of civilian factories into wartime production facilities. This meant that companies that once produced …

He therefore created the War Production Board in January 1942 to coordinate mobilization, and in 1943 an Office of War Mobilization was established to supervise the host of defense agencies …

In an attempt to coordinate government war agencies Roosevelt created the War Production Board in 1942 and later in 1943 the Office of War Mobilization.

Mar 27, 2020 · Prior to World War II, factories in the United States were turning out automobiles, large and small appliances, and childrens' toys. In January 1942 — a mere month after the …

WAR PRODUCTION BOARD. During World War II the War Production Board (WPB) was granted supreme authority to direct procurement of materials and industrial production programs.

The statistical data included in the chart of ** War Production' and the War,” which precedes the main text of the chronology, were developed from computations made by the Review and …

The War Production Board (WPB) was an American government agency established during World War II to oversee and coordinate industrial production for the war effort.