The forces ranged against us are enormous. . . . They have a vast accumulation of war weapons of all kinds. . . . It is quite true that, on our side, our resources in man power and materials are far greater than theirs. But only a portion of your resources is as yet mobilized and developed. . . . Now that the United States are at war, it . . . Will produce results in war power beyond anything that has yet been seen. -Winston Churchill 1941 speech to Congress What point did Churchill make about wartime production? The Axis powers would be easy to defeat. The Allies could not hope to keep up with the Axis powers, which had too many weapons. The Allies needed US production to equal or beat that of the Axis powers.