History of the Second World War. Factories and plant

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Reprinted 1975. Deals with the provision of fixed capital for armaments production but also concerned with construction of new plant and adaption of existing plant owned and operated by the private sector. Introduction provides historical perspective re development of armaments industry before 1914 and the experience of 1914-18 and interwar years. Some relevant topics dealt with in other volumes in the series - eg Administration of War Production, Administration of Works and Buildings, etc. Organised in two parts, viz: A] deals with industrial resources used to meet the requirements of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal air Force; B] deals with a key limiting factor which was the supply of machine tools and especially issues re demand and provisions made for their supply and allocation. The sections are: 1] 'Rehearsal and anticipation' - also covers 1914-18; 2] 'Shipbuilding and Admiralty production' - includes specialisation of yards, inland shipbuilding, marine engineering, shipyard development, factories for naval armament; 3 ] 'Royal Dockyards and repair'; 4] 'Royal Ordnance Factories' - covers Woolwich, Waltham, Enfield, filling factories, explosives factories, engineering ordnance factories, etc; 5] 'The armaments industry. Agency factories and firms' includes role of outside firms, agency factories, etc; 6] 'Expansion of aircraft capacity' - includes policy and planning, expansion 1936-40, dispersal and defence 1940-41, expansion 1941-44; 7] 'The aircraft factories' - shadow factories, expansion of industry, subcontracting firms, factory development and construction, size of factories; 8] 'Factories for aircraft components' - engine factories, radio, radar; 9] 'Strategic location of factories'; 10] 'Equipment of factories and firms' - 'Supply of machine tools', 'Administration effort', 'Small tools and electrical equipment', 'Capital costs and industrial structure'. The volume includes much on individual firms