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Got to be mildly careful if condemning any of these 'Allied' companies though, 'The Market' has always ruled from Ford to Vickers and all points in between. I'm sure potentially dark corners can be found for many large concerns.
The field's also packed full of conspiracists who grab hold of one small example and blow it out of all proportion. I have a longstanding minor interest in Ford possibly being fully aware that it was supplying trucks to the Wehrmacht above and beyond it's 'annexed' German subsidiaries; I had hoped the denizens of the Internet might get closer to the heart of the story as time went on, but if anything it's become more obfuscated over the years as standard issue conspiracist loonies have taken over the story, mixed it with Henry Ford's known bigotry, and launched themselves off into fantasy land.
On other vast German concerns, I'm reading 'The Arms of Krupp 1587-1968' at the moment, rather flowery prose but my god what a story.
Last edited by von Poop; 21-05-2008 at 05:38 PM.
Reason: a little clarity to emphasise my comments were directed at allied companies, rather than solely more culpable German concerns
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