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I don't think Pearl Harbor was because of the Japanese wanting to invade Pearl harbor. They just wanted to destroy the US Pacific Fleet to get rid of US interference as they proceded to the Philipines & Indonesia.

I would like to think "Battle of the Bulge" because I like the 101st answer to the demand for surrender, "Nuts". But this is not shaping, it sure isn't the US way of thinking now. But I voted "Defeat of Spanish Armada" because it gave the British control of the seas which they exploited for several hundred years to change the world.

I think US industry definitely helped in WW II. We could manufacture equipment faster than our enemies could repair theirs. Also, Statistical Quality Control was developed in the US which made possible replacement parts that could be changed on the battlefield. The scary thing is that today we manufacture almost nothing. I heard China makes our soldiers & boots. Since our Gov controlled GM sold Hummer to China, I guess they'll make its military brother the Humvee as well.