Franklin Roosevelt’s Mobilization Strategy

Definition

This refers to President Roosevelt's strategy during WWII which involved converting peacetime industries into wartime industries, increasing production capacity and manpower for military needs.

Analogy

Imagine if your school decided one day that everyone needed to start preparing for an upcoming sports event - gym classes would become more intense, lunch menus might change to healthier options, and study periods could be used for strategy discussions instead.

Related terms

Arsenal of Democracy Speech: A speech given by FDR where he promised help for countries fighting against fascist powers; it marked an end to true American neutrality before entering WWII.

Selective Training and Service Act (1940): The first peacetime draft in U.S. history, which required men aged 21-36 to register for military service.

War Production Board: This was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II.