Before World War II, Japan bought an immense amount of junkyard steel and aluminum cheaply from the United States. The Japanese then ingeniously refashioned it into ships, airplanes, and bombs which they then used to kill our airmen, soldiers, and sailors. General Motors acquired Opel just before the depression. When Hitler came into power in Germany, in order to continue making Opel Blitz trucks and a profit, GM put Nazis in what they thought was nominal control of that German company. As a result GM ended up building all of Hitler’s military trucks throughout the Second World War. We do ...