Citroen Sabotaged Wartime Nazi Truck Production in a Simple and Brilliant Way

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By Jason Torchinsky
Jalopnik
July 24, 2019

In case you forgot to change the batteries in your calendar, you may not be 
aware that this year is the 100th anniversary of Citroën. We’ve been shooting a 
Jason Drives special mini-series for this centenary, and while doing some 
research I happened to stumble upon a fascinating bit of wartime Citroën lore. 
It involves screwing with Nazis in a genuinely clever and subtle way that 
nevertheless had big repercussions. I’ll explain.

So, when France was occupied by the Germans in 1940, major French factories 
like Citroën were forced to produce equipment for the Nazis. Citroën president 
Pierre-Jules Boulanger knew he couldn’t just refuse to produce anything, but he 
also knew there’s no way in hell he’s going to just roll over and build trucks 
for a bunch of filthy Nazis. Pierre had a plan.

John Reynold’s book Citroën 2CV describes Boulanger’s sabotage efforts. Of 
course, he instructed workers to set a nice, leisurely pace when building 
trucks (likely Citroën T45 trucks) for the Wermacht, but that’s fairly obvious. 
What was brilliant was Boulanger’s idea to move the little notch on the trucks’ 
oil dipsticks that indicated the proper level of oil down just a bit lower.

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