Our Willys MB 43
1941-1945 – the Willys-Overland factory produces 361 349 units of the basic version of the military Jeep -Willys MB,
11 March 1941 Lend-Lease Act – a federal act that enables the president of the United States to “sell, convey the ownership of, exchange, rent, lend, and generally make various products from the area of defense available to other governments”, via which Jeep -Willys MB becomes a part of the stock of the Ally armies of Great Britain, Canada, Australia, USSR,
1941-1945 Jeep -Willys MB becomes one of the symbols of the Ally armies – General Dwight Eisenhower classified the jeep as one of the three tools that won the war (the other two being the Dakota plane and landing crafts),
after 1945 via reduction of the military surplus, military jeeps are acquired by the armed forces of many other countries, as well as purchased by the civilian users,
2001 r. Belarus, a Georgian man – Temo acquires ownership rights to Jeep Willys MB from 1943,
2016 r. Purchase of Willys MB 43 in Poti, Georgia – Willys comes to Poland.
