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Populations of INDIA (inc Bangladesh & Pakistan) & the USA in 1940. courtesy www.populstat.

INDIA 376 million
USA 132 million

Despite being neutral up to the time of Pearl Harbour, the USA supplied copious amounts of material to Britain and her Allies. These included steel and chemicals plus munitions such as aircraft, military vehicles and FV's and guns etc plus the famous "Liberty" ships which replaced the entire losses of mercantile shipping in less than 2 years.

What if, instead of using the USA, the British Empire plus it's Allies invested in building up the industrial capacity of the Indian sub continent in the same way as the USA?

Would this be possible?

Would it be more productive in regards to extra production due to a greater population?

Would this investment create the conditions for a post-war "economic miracle" in the same way as the Korean War laid the foundations of the post-war Japanese industrial growth?

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