British wartime capacity extended beyond factories in the home islands. Canada was building substantial numbers of aircraft, and India and Australia were also adding production and military resources. Canadian industry might have taken on more British aircraft work if factories at home had been badly damaged, while Indian manpower and arms production supported the wider war effort. These resources could not be transferred instantly, yet they gave Britain more depth than a comparison confined to domestic factory totals suggests.
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British production extended beyond the home islands
Canadian, Indian, and Australian production gave Britain's war economy industrial depth beyond the factories most exposed to German bombing.