Allied and Axis GDP

<body> <p><font face=arial size=2><font color="black" size=5><b>Allied and Axis GDP<br> </b></font><b>Ralph Zuljan</b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">This analysis shows that while by 1942 there was a substantial Allied economic advantage, measured in GDP, this did not exist at the beginning of the war in 1939. In fact for a period of time the Axis commanded greater GDP than the Allies. Suggesting that the Allies had a GDP superiority from the start is wrong and misses the dynamics of World War II. It is worth noting that from a lead of 1.25 in 1939, the Allies were reduced to a miserable 0.38 by 1941. There was nothing preordained about the recovery of GDP that followed. It is unreasonable to believe that Allied decision makers were particularly confident of economic dominance until well into 1942, regardless of their public pronouncements.</font></p> <p><a href="0302.htm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Allied and Axis GDP</font></a></p> </body>