[DEV] Resources Procurement

Thanks! I've read something about that too. I think those didn't reach full production until the middle of the war but I will look into it further. It's amazing how little verifiable information there is regarding U.S. strategic resources or plans ... I'm working on coal tonight and hopefully iron this weekend.

 

It's actually pretty hard to find solid data from SouthAmerica/Africa resource wise during WW2 but I found a map with the worlds coal deposits, could be combined with this graph to figure out the placements on a possible Earth scenario.

Edit: Added one for Africa. Seems like only South Africa needs a coal mine or two.

 

I was mistaken about the SW U.S. oil production; it dropped drastically in the depression but rebounded by '39. I added them into the previous map.


1939 Coal Production (still working on SE Asia)

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zPymlmYUvZmE.ktLROfsVfCBc&usp=sharing

 

1939 Production of Strategic Resources as Percentage of World Production.

Oil: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zPymlmYUvZmE.k0Wd32YMo71g&usp=sharing

Coal: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zPymlmYUvZmE.ktLROfsVfCBc&usp=sharing

Iron: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zPymlmYUvZmE.kmAXJM9iuqXA&usp=sharing

Bauxite: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zPymlmYUvZmE.kDzOhhbEVWIQ&usp=sharing

*% taken computed from League of Nations world economic reports.

 

Quite welcome. If you've got any other projects to work on, let me know whichever ones would be most useful. If you have a base map, I can add the locations and percentage values. I started putting together a list of convoy routes for the for the colonies (South America) and eastern map (Japan, Russia, western U.S., etc.) with their tonnages for balance. Also, I was considering putting together a list of the Japanese operations in the SE to base Projects on.

 

Found this while surfing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_production_during_World_War_II