What happened to all the military equipment tanks planes etc after World War 2?
Naval ships were surplus and were sold as scrap, to be broken up and the metal re-cycled onto other things. The same happened to many armored units. In some cases, the Allies left their equipment in Europe, to be sold ” as is where is “, to the highest bidder, especially any equipment that was “battle damaged”. Box cars full of uniforms and boots went for a few CENTS per hundred pounds of weight. It was cheaper than paying to have it shipped back to North America.
