In 1942, the U.S. War Department needed to transport war materiel and personnel to Britain. The railroads became critical in transporting materiel and troops. Other nations from farther afield also sent personnel, medicines, materiel, and other aid to Haiti. The government further established naval materiel and explosives factory named in 1850. Both were complete in personnel and materiel. The attack was devastating for the Chinese troops and materiel. The Logitics Directorate is responsible for the supplying materiel to the force. Immeasurable quantities of materiel have been captured. The first article (1935) deals primarily with supplies of food and materiel in wartime. The Soviet Union assisted Tuva's with significant assistance in materiel and technical development. In response to the demand for war materiel, production of machine tools tripled. Ford continued to do business with Nazi Germany, including the manufacture of war materiel. Chrysler was prolific in its production of war materiel, especially from 1942 to 1945. Finland purchased and received donations of war materiel during and immediately after the Winter War. Krueger intended to make "maximum utilization of America's materiel and industrial superiority".