During World War Two, a lot of factories in America and elsewhere around
the World were manufacturing a lot of different things.Parker Pen
Company (writing pens) was manufacturing brass shells (Helmets too, I
think) for Ammunition.Sochiro Honda got his start at the tail end of
World War Two by mounting little industrial gas engines on Bicycles and
selling them.Russia removed some factories (down to the last nut and
bolt) from Germany and set them up in Russia.A lot of things were going
on.

I own a little mechanical wind up toy Horse (it still works) which was
made in Japan right after World War Two..Looking through a gap at the
bottom of the toy, I can see one side of the toy is made from an old
American Pabst Blue Ribbon beer can.I can't see enough of the other side
of the toy to know what it is made from.A lot of World War Two scrap
metal was turned into things that was useful.Ferruccio Lamborghini got
his start by turning left over World War Two vehicles into farm
tractors.Piaggio and Vespa (Motor Scooters) are a development from World
War Two.Harley Davidson and Indian built (they were shaft drive
Motorcycles) Motorcycles for World War Two, so did Cushman, Motor
Scooters that were air dropped for our Troops to use, Bicycles too.The
Magnetron in Microwave ovens is a development from World War Two
Radar.The list goes on and on, you can spend forever reading up on those
thingys.Those kinds of thingys have always been (and still are) very
interesting to me.
cuhulin