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Offline Pigslilspaz

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A question for those who are great with history
« on: March 07, 2012, 03:17:38 AM »
I've been trying to make a list of companies that contributed to the war effort on all sides of WWII, that do something other than war/defense industries nowadays, such as Boeing makes airliners, Mitsubishi made the A6M but now makes cars, and Daimler Benz, nowadays associated with the Mercedes, made tank and aircraft engines.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2012, 03:54:38 AM »
Ford was building B24s
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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2012, 04:09:24 AM »
CompanyModern civilian products
Rolls-RoyceCars & Engines
GrummanGA aircraft & private jets
LockheedAirliners
DouglasAirliners
CessnaGA aircraft and private jets
PiperGA aircraft
JeepCars

That's all that I can think of.
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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2012, 04:57:07 AM »
Bayer tested drugs in the concentration camps, does that count?
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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2012, 04:59:32 AM »
Chrysler converted its factory to build B-26s
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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2012, 06:34:29 AM »
singer sewing machine made carbines, monroe made shocks for shermans.
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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2012, 07:19:10 AM »
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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2012, 07:36:33 AM »
Honda made piston rings for engines used in Japanese military vehicles
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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2012, 07:39:32 AM »
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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2012, 07:44:06 AM »
Junkers initially (1895) made boilers. Now only makes boilers.

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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2012, 07:44:18 AM »
There's a Borden Chemical plant not too far from where I live that makes plastic for shrink wraps now, but during WW2 it made explosives.  My grandfather was an armed security guard at the plant until he joined the Navy and became a SeaBee and went to the Pacific.

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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2012, 09:00:49 AM »
GM built fighter aircraft.
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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2012, 09:22:43 AM »
Dornier, Maybach, Zeppelin?,

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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2012, 10:14:40 AM »
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Re: A question for those who are great with history
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2012, 10:29:31 AM »
Goodyear built F4U Corsairs, don't know full details.

The big one, Kaiser Steel and Ship building. Built hundreds of ships, to include the Liberty ships.

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