Just like in World War I, Georgia’s military bases helped train many American soldiers for war. New facilities were built while Georgia’s existing bases were greatly expanded and improved. Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, trained more World War 2 soldiers than any other facility in the world. Each base contributed to the war effort in its own way. For example, over 20,000 workers at the Robins Air Services Command contributed by repairing damaged U.S. aircrafts. Many of Georgia's military bases held German and Italian prisoners of war. In 1942, the Bell Aircraft Company built the Bell Bomber Plant in Marietta, Georgia. At the time, it was the largest manufacturing plant in the Deep South. he aircraft plant in Marietta produced the Boeing B-29 bomber, the most advanced aircraft of World War II. Between 1943 and 1945, the Bell Bomber plant in Marietta built a total of 663 B-29 bombers.The arrival of the Bell Bomber Plant in Marietta had an enormous impact on Georgia’s economy in the 1940s. Producing the bombers required thousands of workers doing all sorts of different jobs! Georgia’s shipyards of Savannah and Brunswick were most famous for producing liberty ships. Liberty ships were simple, square-hulled vessels designed to carry everything from grain and mail to troops and trucks. The shipyards at Savannah and Brunswick built a total of 187 liberty ships! Southern states were critical to the war effort during World War II (1941-45) and none more so than Georgia. Some 320,000 Georgians served in the U.S Armed forces in world war 2.