[mc6809e]

It wasn't just the destruction of the Axis industrial base. 90% of the industry outside the US had been destroyed.

We had a war-induced monopoly on industrial production.

[investigateworld]

It wasn't just the destruction of the Axis industrial base. 90% of the industry outside the US had been destroyed.

You might want to recheck your numbers. The post WW2 US Bombing Survey shows the German's still had 80% of their industrial/war making capacity. The nations which Germany occupied had even higher numbers as we didn't bomb them as much.