Nominally neutral America could serve as an industrial and logistical base for the Allied Pacific campaign. British and Commonwealth personnel could train in Canada or with American support while US factories provide bombs, shells, ammunition, and other equipment. The demand for trans-Pacific lift might start Liberty- or Victory-type merchant-ship programmes earlier than the historical Battle of the Atlantic did. Britain could order merchant hulls from American yards even if warship purchases remained politically or legally harder. If American escorts carry matériel toward Singapore, British forces would be free for other tasks and the Allies would gain shipping capacity before the European naval war fully develops.
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A nominally neutral America as a Pacific supply base
American industry and shipping could sustain Allied forces in the Far East even before the United States formally enters the war.