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The History of WWII Podcast

Car Show! Episode: The Jeep during WWII

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.54.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

We’re shaking things up today and sharing a preview from Car Show!, a new podcast from our friends at Pushkin Industries. Longtime Car and Driver editor Eddie Alterman tells the stories of the vital cars — the ones that have changed how we drive and live, whose significance lies outside the scope of horsepower or miles per gallon. In this episode, Eddie talks about the military background of the Jeep, a vehicle made for the battlefields of World War II, and its lasting popularity in America decades after the war. You can listen to the full episode and more from Car Show! at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/carshow?sid=ww2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey history fans, I'm going to do something a bit different today.

0:12.3

I'm going to share an episode of a new podcast that I've been enjoying.

0:17.2

It's called Car Show and it's hosted by Eddie Ultraman, a longtime editor at Car and

0:22.3

Driver and the chief brand officer at Hurst Autos.

0:26.8

Eddie thinks all cars are great, even the bad ones, but some cars transcend their carness

0:32.9

and have a story to tell.

0:35.0

On Car Show he shares the stories of the vital cars that have changed how we drive and

0:40.2

live, the ones whose significance lies outside the scope of horsepower or miles per gallon.

0:46.7

Now you may be wondering what the heck does this all have to do with World War II?

0:51.2

Well there's a specific car that greatly impacted the war, that is the Jeep.

0:56.9

The Jeep Wrangler was created in the 1940s to serve on the battlefield, gliding into

1:02.2

France on D-Day and slogging through the bulge.

1:06.0

Today you're more likely to find jeeps cruising down the Jersey Shore than on the front lines

1:11.0

of battle, but they still remain true to their military roots.

1:15.8

Eddie talks about how the out-of-date Jeep, one of the most American cars of all time,

1:21.1

manages to still sell so well.

1:24.2

Okay that's enough of me.

1:26.0

Here's the preview of the Car Show from our friends at Pushkin Industries.

1:30.3

I hope you enjoyed as much as I did and you can hear more from the Car Show wherever

1:35.2

you get your podcasts.

1:38.2

Listen to that.

1:43.7

Okay that's 90.

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