Built the giant Willow Run plant in Dearborn in order to produce B-24 Liberator bombers on a assembly line that was a mile long. By May of 1942, the first bomber rolled off the assembly line. Several hundred B-24 bombers were built a month, at the rate of one plane per hour.

By the end of the war Ford had built: 86,865 aircraft, 57,851 airplane engines, thousands of generators, and 4,291 military gliders.

Jeeps, tanks, armored cars, and engines for robot bombs Were produced for the war by Ford.

 Ford also had plants in Great Britain and Canada that joined the production efforts of the United States. These plants produced canteens, four- wheel-drive trucks, grenades and bombs

 By the end of the war, Ford had produced more than a million fighting vehicles for Allies

 In 1940, the Defense Commission negotiated with Chrysler to build a $16 million plant to manufacture tanks. Chrysler in turn would receive a 4% commission for building the factory and an additional 4% for building tanks.

 Increased Chrysler’s role in the war.  Caused for increased production of M-3 tanks, marine tractors, tugs, command cars, ambulances and weapons carriers.

M-3 tanks

 Chrysler also built:  Martin B-26 bombers  Anti- aircraft guns  Landing gear for airplanes

 Supported the Allies with more goods than any other country.  By 1942, GM’s production was 100% for the Allies war efforts.  Providing airplanes, trucks and tanks.