German Spies Couldn’t Believe Ford Was Building a 1.5 Million–Part Bomber Every 63 Minutes

March 1943 — deep inside Berlin’s intelligence headquarters, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris receives a report so shocking it defies belief. A single American factory, Willow Run, is producing one bomber every hour. To Nz command, it’s propaganda. To Canaris, it’s prophecy — the beginning of the end. untold story of how the United States transformed its industrial might into a we*pon of w*r, building 100,000 aircraft in a single year and breaking the Luftwaffe’s back. From the disbelief in Berlin to the thunder of “Big Week,” this is the story of numbers, machines, and the will to outbuild tyranny. 📚 Historical Sources & References: “Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in WW2” – Arthur Herman (2012) “The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at W*r” – A. J. Baime (2014) U.S. War Production Board Archives, 1942–1945 Ford Motor Company Historical Archives – Willow Run Plant Documents Foreign Armaments Intelligence Reports, Abwehr (1942–43) “The Thousand-Plane Raid” – RAF Bomber Command Records, February 1943 National WW2 Museum, New Orleans – “Willow Run: The Mile-Long Miracle” U.S. Army Air Forces Statistical Digest, 1946