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21h 33min, jul 30, 1917 y - War Industries Board formed to create a war economy

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The WIB was formed to prepare the U.S. incase of a potential war by allocating materials to produce weapons of war. Wall Street tycoon Bernard Baruch was the main component of WIB. He was able to harness the industrial might that the nation needed by the end of the war.

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21h 33min, jul 30, 1917 y
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~ 107 years ago