The history of the Volkswagen Beetle
How the British army helped rebuild the German car industry after WW2.
The History Hour · BBC World Service
March 7, 202050m 8s
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Show Notes
How the British army helped rebuild the German car industry after WW2, plus the fight to ban leaded petrol, psychiatry as punishment in the USSR, striking South Asian women in 1970s Britain and 'Womenomics' in Japan.
Picture: Major Ivan Hirst (right) driving the 1000th Beetle off the production line at Wolfsburg in March 1946 (Credit: Volkswagen AG)