Author: Hans-Georg Mayer-Stein
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780887406843
Category : Automobiles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Covers the numerous Volkswagen trucks and cars used by the Wehrmacht during WWII. AUTHOR:
Volkswagens of the Wehrmacht
Author: Hans-Georg Mayer-Stein
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780887406843
Category : Automobiles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Covers the numerous Volkswagen trucks and cars used by the Wehrmacht during WWII. AUTHOR:
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780887406843
Category : Automobiles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Covers the numerous Volkswagen trucks and cars used by the Wehrmacht during WWII. AUTHOR:
Volkswagen for the Wehrmacht
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Volkswagen automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Volkswagen automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Volkswagen for the Wehrmacht, 1939-1945
Author: U. S. War Department Staff
Publisher: Post-Era Books
ISBN: 9780911160437
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher: Post-Era Books
ISBN: 9780911160437
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Type 82 Volkswagen for the Wehrmacht 1939-1945 Kübelwagen
Author: United States. War Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vehicles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vehicles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Volkswagen Military Vehicles of the Third Reich
Author: Blaine Taylor
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780306813139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Volkswagen burst upon the American automobile scene in the 1960s, it established a reputation for both economy and reliability. Few who drove the original sixties' "Love Bug" knew that the vehicle was the creation of Adolf Hitler in the days of the Third Reich. Originally intended as a symbol of prewar prosperity, the Volkswagen, or "people's car," eventually became a key element in the Nazi war machine.With the outbreak of World War II, the production of the Volkswagen car was adapted for military use, and the Kubelwagen, German "jeep," was designed and manufactured throughout Germany. A special amphibious version, the "Schwimmwagen," was later developed and spearheaded many major German offensives. Appearing in several variants, Volkswagen vehicles became the mainstay of German command and motorized units.This detailed history of the Volkswagen in the 1930s and 1940s covers all varieties of makes and models of the Volkswagen in use during the Third Reich and is richly illustrated with rare photographs of the vehicles themselves, technical drawings, engine designs, and sales brochures of the period.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780306813139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Volkswagen burst upon the American automobile scene in the 1960s, it established a reputation for both economy and reliability. Few who drove the original sixties' "Love Bug" knew that the vehicle was the creation of Adolf Hitler in the days of the Third Reich. Originally intended as a symbol of prewar prosperity, the Volkswagen, or "people's car," eventually became a key element in the Nazi war machine.With the outbreak of World War II, the production of the Volkswagen car was adapted for military use, and the Kubelwagen, German "jeep," was designed and manufactured throughout Germany. A special amphibious version, the "Schwimmwagen," was later developed and spearheaded many major German offensives. Appearing in several variants, Volkswagen vehicles became the mainstay of German command and motorized units.This detailed history of the Volkswagen in the 1930s and 1940s covers all varieties of makes and models of the Volkswagen in use during the Third Reich and is richly illustrated with rare photographs of the vehicles themselves, technical drawings, engine designs, and sales brochures of the period.
Place of Remembrance of Forced Labor in the Volkswagen Factory
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783935112086
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783935112086
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Volkswagen Beetle
Author: Simon Parkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The People’s Car
Author: Bernhard Rieger
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674075757
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
At the Berlin Auto Show in 1938, Adolf Hitler presented the prototype for a small, oddly shaped, inexpensive family car that all good Aryans could enjoy. Decades later, that automobile—the Volkswagen Beetle—was one of the most beloved in the world. Bernhard Rieger examines culture and technology, politics and economics, and industrial design and advertising genius to reveal how a car commissioned by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche became an exceptional global commodity on a par with Coca-Cola. Beyond its quality and low cost, the Beetle’s success hinged on its uncanny ability to capture the imaginations of people across nations and cultures. In West Germany, it came to stand for the postwar “economic miracle” and helped propel Europe into the age of mass motorization. In the United States, it was embraced in the suburbs, and then prized by the hippie counterculture as an antidote to suburban conformity. As its popularity waned in the First World, the Beetle crawled across Mexico and Latin America, where it symbolized a sturdy toughness necessary to thrive amid economic instability. Drawing from a wealth of sources in multiple languages, The People’s Car presents an international cast of characters—executives and engineers, journalists and advertisers, assembly line workers and car collectors, and everyday drivers—who made the Beetle into a global icon. The Beetle’s improbable story as a failed prestige project of the Third Reich which became a world-renowned brand illuminates the multiple origins, creative adaptations, and persisting inequalities that characterized twentieth-century globalization.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674075757
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
At the Berlin Auto Show in 1938, Adolf Hitler presented the prototype for a small, oddly shaped, inexpensive family car that all good Aryans could enjoy. Decades later, that automobile—the Volkswagen Beetle—was one of the most beloved in the world. Bernhard Rieger examines culture and technology, politics and economics, and industrial design and advertising genius to reveal how a car commissioned by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche became an exceptional global commodity on a par with Coca-Cola. Beyond its quality and low cost, the Beetle’s success hinged on its uncanny ability to capture the imaginations of people across nations and cultures. In West Germany, it came to stand for the postwar “economic miracle” and helped propel Europe into the age of mass motorization. In the United States, it was embraced in the suburbs, and then prized by the hippie counterculture as an antidote to suburban conformity. As its popularity waned in the First World, the Beetle crawled across Mexico and Latin America, where it symbolized a sturdy toughness necessary to thrive amid economic instability. Drawing from a wealth of sources in multiple languages, The People’s Car presents an international cast of characters—executives and engineers, journalists and advertisers, assembly line workers and car collectors, and everyday drivers—who made the Beetle into a global icon. The Beetle’s improbable story as a failed prestige project of the Third Reich which became a world-renowned brand illuminates the multiple origins, creative adaptations, and persisting inequalities that characterized twentieth-century globalization.
German Trucks and Cars in WW II
Author: Hans-Georg Mayer
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780887404009
Category : Vehicles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The sixth volume of trucks and cars used by Germany during WWII.
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780887404009
Category : Vehicles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The sixth volume of trucks and cars used by Germany during WWII.
TM E9-803 German Volkswagen by United States. War Department
Author: United States War Department
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781522886945
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
"These instructions are published for the information and guidance of the personnel to whom this equipment is assigned. They contain information on the operation and maintenance of the German Volkswagen as well as descriptions of the major units and their functions in relation to the other components of the vehicle.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781522886945
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
"These instructions are published for the information and guidance of the personnel to whom this equipment is assigned. They contain information on the operation and maintenance of the German Volkswagen as well as descriptions of the major units and their functions in relation to the other components of the vehicle.