Mar 21, 2016 · German companies like BMW, helped the Nazi Party to create a highly efficient war machine and embark on a World War. The company could have even changed the course of the war, with its engine designs.

Throughout the 1930s, BMW expanded its range into sports cars and larger luxury cars. Aircraft engines, motorcycles, and automobiles would be BMW's main products until World War II.

When the National Socialists seized power in 1933, BMW’s business environment changed fundamentally. As the Third Reich pursued a vigorous policy of rearmament, BMW became a major player in the German arms industry.

In World War II, BMW designed engines for Nazi fighter planes, such as the Focke Wulf FW190. German planes gained air superiority over the British and French thanks to the high-performance engines produced by BMW, which replaced the original Mercedes engine.

The family that owns Germany's luxury car manufacturer BMW has ended decades of silence about its role during the Nazi era and admitted to taking over scores of Jewish businesses and using tens...

The BMW R75 is a World War II-era motorcycle and sidecar combination produced by the German company BMW. The BMW R75 stands out by its integral two-wheel drive design, with drive shafts to both its rear wheel and the third side-car wheel, from a locking differential , as well as a transfer case offering both road and off-road gear ratios ...

On its 100th anniversary in March 2016, the German automaker BMW issued an apology for its involvement in World War II and expressed its “deep regret” for providing Nazis with vehicles and employing slave labor.

BMW created the engines for Nazi fighter aircraft like the Focke Wulf FW190 during World War II. The high-performance BMW engines, which replaced the original Mercedes engine, gave German aircraft an aerial advantage over the British and French.

Mar 7, 2016 · German car giant BMW admitted Monday to feeling “profound regret” for the “enormous suffering” it caused by using Nazi slave labor to fuel Adolf Hitler’s killing machine during World War II.

Nov 27, 2018 · Bavarian Motor Works or “BMW” as they are more commonly known, began in Germany producing batteries and engines. After Germany’s defeat in WWI, restrictions on aircraft engine manufacturing brought on by Versailles Armistice Treaty forced BMW to transition into producing farm equipment.