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Ojc
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Bet you never knew this

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:58 am


Hi there!

Hope somebody reads this, couldn't resist writing after reading some questions about Coca-Cola presence in this and other threads. In a documentary screened recently on Norwegian State Television (about the company in general), there was a part about the a presence in Germany in the 20/30ies, there was even a picture of the German CEOs with one of the american bigshots at some kind of banquet, with both swastika banners and Coca Cola logos on the wall behind them, a rather special sight.

The interesting thing is, when the war started, the German branch, like Ford was of course cut off from its mothercompany, which for CCs part meant no more concentrate shipped from the US. Still, Germans wanted beverages (other than beer), but with a lot of resources being at least partially rationed, it wasn't too easy to develop something new, or get the necessary resources for a large scale production.

According to the documentary, this was when a CEO developed a new soft drink based on whatever fruit was available, leftovers from other processes etc, and in an attack of aggressive marketing, named it Fanta (short for "Fantastisch", referring to the taste), and the drink became such a huge success that when CC returned with the GIs in 45, they after a while incorporated it into their standard product range.

This was supposedly the old Fanta "juice" without gas, if anybody remembers it, not the relatively new orange Fanta.
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fantastich!!!
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Bet nobody really cared Oliver.
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what am I saying, in off day everyone cares
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i prefer orangensaft though
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William you fannjita
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Oliver I can't wait to see you again.
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Coca cola were meant to have funded the Nazi's
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Read this thread, you will be suprise by how many American companys were involved with the Nazis

IBM, Coca Cola, Ford to name but a few

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=22712
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bmw made the engines for the luftwafe

[Edited on 21-04-2005 by Edd_20]
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Funny that, BMW is German
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obviously for a company with bavarian in their name

[Edited on 21-04-2005 by Edd_20]
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You idiot

Did you know that the P51 Mustang a American fighter plane was powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin engine a British engine, I bet the Americans loved that
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quote:
Originally posted by Edd_20
obviously for a company with berlin in their name


Am i Dumb, or does the B in BMW not stand for Bavarian?
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
You idiot

Did you know that the P51 Mustang a American fighter plane was powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin engine a British engine, I bet the Americans loved that


The P40 is my weapon of choice in Pacific Fighters at present.

I find the Jap planes to be turd at doing anything other than flying in straight lines.
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yes i am indeed an idiot

 
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