Ford Motor Company breaks ground on the Willow Run bomber plant near Ypsilanti, Michigan, on April 17, 1941. The facility, the largest factory under one roof in the world at over 3.5 million square feet, is built entirely with government funds through the Defense Plant Corporation but operated by …
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On Henry Ford’s 75th birthday, July 30, 1938, the automobile magnate receives the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the Nazi regime’s highest honor for foreign nationals, awarded by Adolf Hitler for Ford’s “services to the Third Reich.” The award represents the first …
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On May 26, 1937, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Ford Motor Company orchestrates a brutal assault on United Auto Workers organizers conducting a permitted leaflet distribution campaign at the Miller Road pedestrian overpass above Gate 4 of the massive River Rouge Plant complex in Dearborn, Michigan. UAW …
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