[HN Gopher] Citroen Sabotaged Wartime Nazi Truck Production in a...
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       Citroen Sabotaged Wartime Nazi Truck Production in a Simple and
       Brilliant Way
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2024-01-06 21:35 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | aurizon wrote:
       | A Czech machinist friend of mine was forced to work for the
       | nazis, he was in a ball bearing factory he used to take a fine
       | file and make a tiny nick in the surface of a hardened ball in
       | each box of 1 kilo. He dared not make more. He figured each
       | engine had about a 1/3rd chance of getting a bad ball - which
       | would fail and ruin that moving part, perhaps even in the air?
       | These were tiny balls. The larger ones were watched closely. Life
       | was tough, worker barracks,low grade food, work 10-12 hours/day,
       | 7 days/week.
        
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