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Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
andytiedye@sfba.social ("𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂𝓣𝓲𝓮𝓭𝔂𝓮 𓀤") wrote:
The Resistance in WW2 operated in great secrecy by people who appeared to be collaborating fully with the Nazis.
Citroen made trucks for the Nazis.
They didn't have much choice about that.
So they made the dipsticks a little too long, so they would read "plenty of oil" when they should have read "add lots of oil right now".
Needless to say, these trucks broke down a lot.https://www.jalopnik.com/citroen-sabotaged-wartime-nazi-truck-production-in-a-si-1836670685/