For completeness: So did the German factory of Ford even though they weren't required by the Nazi's to do so.

Didn't Ford build like, a lot of tanks and airplane stuff for WWII for the USA?

Even if the old man was a facist, think we can all be grateful for all the machines they built to help the Allies win the war.

http://michiganhistory.leadr.msu.edu/wwii-and-ford-motor-com...

Dunno, maybe the evidence is more mixed

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/nov98/n...

By the end of the war, Ford had built 86,865 complete aircraft, 57,851 airplane engines, 4,291 military gliders, and thousands of engine superchargers and generators. In addition to aircraft, Ford plants built 277,896 of the versatile vehicles (tanks, armored cars, and jeeps).

It sounds like Ford's assets were essentially nationalized by the Germans during that period, which makes sense. Seems very foolish to let an American company directly control factories in Nazi Germany.

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ford-motor-company-nbsp...

> Volkswagen

Which is literally Hitler's creation (the name means People's car)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen#1932%E2%80%931938:_...