This is the exciting, fascinating saga of the creation of the world's most popular car, the famed Volkswagen Beetle, under the Nazi regime ofGerman dictator Adolf Hitler, who played a pivotal role in its design, construction, and marketing during 1933-38. It is also the story of the two Drs. Porsches who created it - Ferdinand, Sr., and his son, Ferry - as well as Dr. Robert Ley's German Labor Frontthat built it, and Adolf Huhnlein's Nazi Motor Corps that helped popularize driving and made motoring a reality in the Third Reich.
ISBN: | 9780764337536 |
Publication date: | 10th March 2011 |
Author: | Blaine Taylor |
Publisher: | Schiffer Military an imprint of Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 144 pages |
Genres: |
Military history |