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The history of the Volkswagen Beetle
FromThe History Hour
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Mar 7, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
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)
Picture: Major Ivan Hirst (right) driving the 1000th Beetle off the production line at Wolfsburg in March 1946 (Credit: Volkswagen AG)
Released:
Mar 7, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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