This episode of PassGas was sponsored by Valveline.

Did you know that Valveline provides 24 times stronger protection against engine killing

water contamination than the industry leading synthetic brand?

I just found that out too, I think it's great!

That's why I put Valveline in my car and you should too.

Thanks a lot Valveline!

Imagine for a moment that after spending your entire life obsessing over internal combustion

horsepower and gasoline, you've landed an engineering job at a prestigious car company.

Let's say that company is General Motors and you're at work maybe whipping up some new

version of the Chevy Tau when suddenly you get a call from the head office.

The boss man tells you to stop what you're doing.

Things are about to change dramatically.

There's a war coming, a big one and your focus at Chevy will no longer be on family friendly

SUVs.

You're going to make the engines for flying death machines and an effort to save the future

of humanity.

It's no secret that the global auto industry was turned on its head during World War

2.

From Subaru to Chrysler, nearly every major car company stopped in their tracks to help

their respective nations during the horrifying conflict.

But which companies were the biggest players, which instruments of war do these industrial

behemoths create and when the dust settled, how do these automakers recover?

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