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They Said A Car Company Can't Build A Tank - Until Buick Made The Fastest One

In the summer of 1940, skeptics said American car companies could not build sophisticated military weapons. They were wrong. This documentary tells the remarkable story of how Buick, a luxury automobile manufacturer in Flint, Michigan, transformed its assembly lines to create the M18 Hellcat, the fastest tracked armored vehicle of World War Two. Capable of reaching 55 miles per hour, the Hellcat outran every German tank on the battlefield. Under the leadership of Harlow Curtice, Buick workers who had spent their careers building family sedans learned to manufacture tank destroyers, aircraft engines, and millions of artillery shell casings. The M18 Hellcat would go on to achieve the highest kill ratio of any American armored vehicle in the war, proving decisive at the Battle of Arracourt and during the defense of Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge. This is the story of American industrial ingenuity, the brave tank destroyer crews who fought in these vehicles, and the men and women on the home front who built them. From the Arsenal of Democracy to the battlefields of Europe, discover how ordinary Americans accomplished the extraordinary when their nation called upon them. Featuring the 704th and 705th Tank Destroyer Battalions, General Patton's Third Army, and the untold story of Detroit's contribution to Allied victory. PRIMARY SOURCES: Buick Heritage Alliance World War II Archives https://www.buickheritagealliance.org... GM Official Press Release - Buick M18 Hellcat Remembered on V-E Day (2013) https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/n... GM Defense LLC - History of General Motors Military Production https://www.gmdefensellc.com/content/... GlobalSecurity.org - M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer Technical Specifications https://www.globalsecurity.org/milita... MILITARY HISTORY SOURCES: U.S. Army Center of Military History - Team Desobry at Noville https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/B... Warfare History Network - Battle of Arracourt and M18 Hellcat Combat History https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/art... Warfare History Network - Siege of Bastogne: The Battle for Noville https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/art... Traces of War - Captain Thomas J. Evans Distinguished Service Cross Citation https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/17... 10th Armored Division Veterans - The Defense of Bastogne https://10tharmored.com/bastogne.html GENERAL WWII INDUSTRIAL HISTORY: History.com - How Detroit Factories Retooled During WWII https://www.history.com/articles/wwii... Smithsonian Magazine - How Detroit Went from Motor City to the Arsenal of Democracy https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-... BOOK REFERENCE: Steven J. Zaloga, M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer 1943-97, Osprey Publishing, New Vanguard Series No. 97 (2004), ISBN 978-1841766874