U.S. strategic planning in 1942 had been largely opportunistic, "hand-to-mouth," and limited by critical shortages in shipping and munition.
This a year after the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan. The attack change the war decision to prioritize the attack to the German, since the total U.S. Army forces deployed against Japan is exceeded than the total U.S. Army forces deployed against Germany in the war.
The attack also give critical shortages in shipping and munition to U.S. Army the critical shortages still continued until the end of the first year after Pearl Harbor, this is because the Army high command elude the secondary venture to halting the dissipation of forces and material.
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