Yes, drove them out but did not defeat them in context of the war. The richest nation in the world should not have to convert to a war economy to defeat an ene

Yes, drove them out but did not defeat them in context of the war. The richest nation in the world should not have to convert to a war economy to defeat an enemy ten times smaller. If it could not; then it didn't want to be there in the first place, it didn't want to do what was necessary to win, or their internal politics is screwed up. Possibly more than one of those.