How a massive munitions factory appeared in rural Wisconsin
In short: During the Second World War, the United States underwent its largest industrial shift. This video explores the sudden rise of the Badger Ordnance Works, a facility so vast it rivaled the size of entire cities.
The Badger Ordnance Works (later known as the Badger Army Ammunition Plant) emerged in rural Wisconsin as the largest munitions factory in the world. It was part of a massive mobilization to move the US to a war footing for the Second World War, creating military facilities of city-like proportions to meet global demands.
The legacy of this site is preserved by the Badger History Group and the Museum of Badger Army Ammunition, which is noted as the only museum dedicated to the history of such an ammunition plant.
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