In 1940, a Danish machinist helped jump-start America’s transformation from carmaker to weapons giant. Sunday, May 26, 1940, was a momentous day on both sides of the Atlantic. On the beaches near the small French port of Dunkirk, a stunned Britain began evacuating troops cut off by Germany’s swift advance through France in a desperate …
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