Two years prior, amidst rising tensions, President Roosevelt called on the nation to drastically increase airplane production to fifty thousand annually, a daunting request for an industry that had only supplied the Army Air Corps with ninety planes a month in 1938; however, by now, America’s aircraft industry had achieved remarkable success, exceeding that goal by over fifty percent, becoming the largest and most advanced in the world, and outproducing both German and Japanese manufacturers significantly.
Just two years prior, with the storm clouds gathering, President Roosevelt challenged the nation to ramp up its production of airplanes to fifty thousand per year. It seemed an impossible task for an industry that as recently as 1938 had only provided the Army Air Corps with ninety planes a month. Now, America’s aircraft industry was a production miracle, easily surpassing Roosevelt’s mark by more than half. It had become the largest industry in the world, the most productive, the most sophisticated, outproducing the Germans by more than three times and the Japanese by nearly five. The facts were clear to all belligerents: the final conquest would come from the sky
Paraphrase the setting of the aircraft industry at the time described in the passage (1 sentence complete sentences).
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