Following the lead of other countries across the world, the US government ordered automobile manufacturers to halt car production by 1 January 1919 and convert to military production


Friday 9th August 1918

Following the lead of other countries across the world, the US government ordered automobile manufacturers to halt car production by 1 January 1919 and convert to military production. Factories instead manufactured shells, and the engineering lessons of motor racing produced light, powerful engines for planes. Car manufacturers also turned out staff cars and ambulances by the hundreds. In fact, World War One has been described as the war of the machines.


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