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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.
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By the end of the war Ford had built: 86,865 aircraft, 57,851 airplane engines, thousands of generators, and 4,291 military gliders.
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Jeeps, tanks, armored cars, and engines for robot bombs Were produced for the war by Ford.
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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
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By the end of the war, Ford had produced more than a million fighting vehicles for Allies
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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.
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Increased Chrysler’s role in the war. Caused for increased production of M-3 tanks, marine tractors, tugs, command cars, ambulances and weapons carriers.
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M-3 tanks
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Chrysler also built: Martin B-26 bombers Anti- aircraft guns Landing gear for airplanes
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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.
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