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FDR: “We knew all along that, with our greater resources, we could ultimately out-build Japan and ultimately overwhelm her on…”

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We knew all along that, with our greater resources, we could ultimately out-build Japan and ultimately overwhelm her on sea, and on land and in the air.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt expresses confidence in America's industrial capacity to outproduce Japan in the war effort.

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