134 - The Original Jeeps
The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
During the interwar years the US army had worked to develop a light weapons carrier, but by 1940 the 'perfect' vehicle had not been found. The war in Europe focused minds in the American army and in June it compiled a list of requirements for a revolutionary new truck to replace the mule as the Army's primary method of moving troops and small payloads.
In this episode we discuss how the American Bantam Car Company, Willys Overland-Motors and the Ford Motor Company stepped up to the challenge and developed a new vehicle which would eventually become the Jeep.
I'm Joined by Paul R. Bruno.
Paul has spent twenty years researching, writing and studying early Jeep history. His first book was Project Management in History: The First Jeep, this led him to his next book The Original Jeeps.
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| 0:30.4 | hello and welcome to another episode of the World War II podcast I'm Angus Wallace. |
| 0:35.0 | In this episode we're going to be discussing the development of a vehicle that didn't exist at the start of 1940 |
| 0:42.0 | but by 1945 my father would comment it seemed like every American |
| 0:48.0 | had one, the Jeep. Joining me today is Paul Bruno. Paul is the author of The Original Jeeps. |
| 0:55.2 | The book focuses on the twists and turns in the development of one of the most iconic |
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