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FORD AT WAR

As 2020 marks the 75th anniversary to the end to hostilities in the European and Pacific theatres of World War II, I thought it would be appropriate to look at what Ford Motor Co.’s Allied efforts during those most crucial years.

During World War II, the entire automobile industry switched over to the manufacture of much-needed wartime goods, and America’s ability to provide materials at a faster rate than the Axis could destroy helped win the war. When most people think about

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