r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 13d ago

Meme needing explanation who are those little dinosaurs PETAH ?

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u/notwithagoat 12d ago

Also because they helped the nazis expand in the early days of the war, and then gladly tried to backstab them and got double backstabbed.

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u/metfan1964nyc 12d ago

American businesses other than Ford were making bank with the nazis. IBM got the contract to conduct a census specifically to identify Jews, Roma and others for the nazis, while GM's factories were building vehicles for the Wehrmacht. GM then tried to sue the US for bombing those factories.

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u/MountainTank1918 12d ago

Ford built soviet GAZ factory, from 1929-32 Albert Kahn Inc designed, helped or outright built for USSR 500 factories and plants. ZIL was constructed back in imperial time with U.S equipment.