The Great Depression and World War II In 1929, a crash in the stock market brought America into the Great Depression. ... The late 1930s saw imperialism and wars breaking out in Europe and Asia. ... World War II officially began in 1939, when Germany invaded and occupied Poland. ... It would only be a matter of time before the United States would enter the war. ... By the end of the war, GM grossed over $12.3 billion from providing defense materials. ...

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By August 1899, Ford had raised enough money to start his own company, the Ford Motor Company. ... On the outbreak of the First World War in Europe, Ford made it clear he opposed the war and supported the decision of the Woman's Peace Party to organize a peace conference in Holland. ... After the war Ford became increasingly interested in politics. ... Although he was against war and the fast enclosing Second World War, after Pearl Harbor, Ford turned over his vast production resources to his country. During the war the Ford plant at Willow Run produced over 8,000 Liberator bombers for t...

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Henry Ford's motor company, simply called the "Ford Motor Company-, was incorporated in 1903. ... The small company made 2 or 3 cars per day from parts other companies made for the company. ... Henry Ford resumed the presidency of the company (after the previous president died) until the end of World War II. ... He accused the Jews of conspiracy, bootlegging, "cheap movies-, and even the World War One! He thought the Jewish people arranged wars for financial profit. ...

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The automobile helped the United States get out of The Great Depression and win the war. Two months after the US entered World War II, the last passenger car was made. ... The OPM, along with the War Production Board and The Automotive Council for War Production, supervised the conversion of peacetime automotive production to that of wartime. ... Many car companies made over two and a half million trucks for the military. ... The Ford Motor Company mass-produced bomber aircraft. ...

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Two years later, he found a job with the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. ... With many great automotive ideas, Ford dreamt of a company to mass-produce affordable, reliable, and efficient vehicles. With this vision, Ford helped to establish the Ford Motor Company in 1903. He was the Vice-President as well as Chief Engineer of a small Detroit company that produced only a few cars daily, where he had factory workers assemble parts made by other companies. ... Ford Motor Company reached a new level of success during World War II. ...

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Early indications suggest that this could cost the ailing company as much as £200 Million per annum, a figure that the company could not sustain. ... During the seventies British Leyland (as the company was then known) was severely damaged by strike action, which led finally to the nationalisation of the company in 1977. ... The company built the Rover 75 to fit the new company taxation system but its smaller vehicles (a significantly growing market) are over 10 years old and uncompetitive in the market place hence adding to declining sales. ... Secondly the company is still a big em...

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In 1891, Henry became an engineer with Edison Illuminating Company. ... The small company only made a few cars a day. ... The big Rouge Plant had everything the company needed. ... Many people who work at Ford Companies would not have jobs. ... Some of Henry Fords accomplishments consist of in early 1941, Ford was granted government contracts to manufacture bombers and airplanes for the war. ...

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He was an American writer whose novels focusing on the hypocrisy and materialism of the U.S. between the two world wars, influenced several generations of American and European writers. ... After graduating from Harvard in 1916, John went to France to become an ambulance driver in World War 1. ... He later goes on to describe how Henry Ford discovered how to make his first automobile, and how he started the Ford Motor Company when he was forty years old. ... Henry wanted the workers of the company to be good Americans, so he put out an add for clean-cut American men who did not drink or smoke ...

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It was through working at the Detroit Edison Illuminating Company that Ford met Thomas Edison. ... Could he give up his "hobby" of automobile building and devote himself to the company? ... In 1899 Ford left Edison to help run the Detroit Automobile Company. ... After two unsuccessful attempts to establish a company to manufacture automobiles, the Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 with Henry Ford as vice-president and chief engineer. ... Before the United States entered World War I, he despaired wi...

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Companies can find themselves in need of a financial turnaround from time to time because of declining profits. There are several factors that are usually the cause of a company finding itself in this position. ... There are sometimes production inefficiencies that can severely hurt a company's valued reputation. ... At the town's economic peak, during the Vietnam War, a local steel factory employed 2,500 people. ... Most of the marketing turnarounds we read about are made by fortune 500 companies with high salaried executives. ...

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In 1891, Henry became an engineer with the Edison Illumination Company. ... After two unsuccessful tries, Ford Motor Company was finally incorporated in June 1903. ... When the Ford Motor Company first started it was only producing a few cars a day. ... By the end of the War, the plant had manufactured more than 8000 planes. ... While still working at his company, Henry was also nominated for the U.S. ...

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Ford Motor Company II. ... In 1891, Henry than became an engineer with the Edison Illumination Company. ... By the end of the War, the plant had manufactured more than 8000 planes (Collier, 160). ... The company was later found guilty of repeated violation of the national Labor Relations Act (Encarta). ... While still working at his company, Henry was also nominated for the U.S. ...

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In 1891, Henry became an engineer with the Edison Illumination Company. ... When the company first started it was only producing a few cars a day at the Ford factory on Mack Avenue in Detroit. ... By the end of the War, the plant had manufactured more than 8000 planes (Collier, 160). ... The company was later found guilty of repeated violation of the national Labor Relations Act (Encarta). ... While still working at his company, Henry was also nominated for the U.S. ...

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It was through working at the Detroit Edison Illuminating Company that Ford met Thomas Edison. ... Could he give up his "hobby" of automobile building and devote himself to the company? ... In 1899 Ford left Edison to help run the Detroit Automobile Company. ... After two unsuccessful attempts to establish a company to manufacture automobiles, the Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 with Henry Ford as vice-president and chief engineer. ... Before the United States entered World War I, he despaired...

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From 1888 to 1899 he was a mechanical engineer, and later chief engineer, with the Edison Illuminating Company. ... Despite certain technical difficulties, by the end of World War II this plant had manufactured more than 8000 planes. Ford supplied a lot of our war effort in World War II. Without Henry Ford we might have lost in World War II. ... We might have lost the war without Ford's support. ...

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Ford Motor Company II. ... In 1891, Henry than became an engineer with the Edison Illumination Company. ... By the end of the War, the plant had manufactured more than 8000 planes (Collier, 160). ... The company was later found guilty of repeated violation of the national Labor Relations Act (Encarta). ... While still working at his company, Henry was also nominated for the U.S. ...

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He also worked for the Detroit Electric Company when he left the farm. ... When production increased in ways that saved the company money, he passed that savings on to the customers, and his employees. ... Henry also took on the task of building tractors to help England when it looked like the war would take away from the time the residents had to farm. ... They have been moved away from in the past, and due to an ever increasingly difficult economy, many companies are reverting to these old methods of cost saving. ...

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The aftermarket, companies that design and sell customized parts, have an easy time creating parts that are sold on a regular basis. ... The conception of the Ford Mustang was right at the start of a war, when the people of the United States believed in the war and still had the vision of America the strong and were proud to be Americans. ...

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