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The Original Jeeps

The Original Jeeps

Freedman, Manuel
Bruno, Paul R.

Paperback

World War II

ISBN13: 9798218534783
Publisher: Mfm Publishing
Published: Oct 16 2024
Pages: 302
Weight: 1.55
Height: 0.63 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
THE ORIGINAL JEEPS
Commemorating the Birth of an Icon 1940-1942

WINNER Bronze Medal Military Writers Society of America
WINNER Bronze Medal Dan Poynter's Global Ebook AwardsPREMISEThe spring and summer of 1940 witnessed the resounding defeat of the French Army and British Expeditionary Force at the hands of a modernized German Army, designed to take advantage of the latest advances in technology. This included mobile vehicles, tanks used in formation to puncture enemy lines, as well as close air support of ground forces. The evacuation of the British from Dunkirk, and the final defeat of their French ally in June 1940, left only a thin line of English fighter planes between that island nation and total defeat.

While events unfolded rapidly in Europe, leaders of the United States Army, decimated by demobilization after World War I and budget cuts during the Great Depression, knew they were completely unprepared for this new type of mobile warfare, called Blitzkrieg or lightning war. Experts in the Army had worked from the end of World War I to develop a combined light weapons carrier and command/reconnaissance vehicle-but with limited success. In June 1940 the military compiled a list of requirements for a revolutionary new truck to replace the cart and mule as the Army's primary method of moving troops and small payloads.

This book tells the intriguing story of the American Bantam Car Company, Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., and the Ford Motor Company, who all dared to meet the challenge to build pilot models, and eventually production models, of this vehicle. Their journey throughout 1940 to January 1942 comprises a story from which legends come. Overcoming incredible challenges and long odds, these firms built the original 1/4-ton truck 4x4 lights, later known as the iconic Jeep.

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