- manufacturer,
founded in 1886 in
Schweinfurt as
Schweinfurter Präzisions-
Kugellagerwerke Fichtel & Sachs,
formerly known as
Fichtel & Sachs,
Mannesmann Sachs...
-
listed were the
Regensburg Messerschmitt factory, the
Schweinfurter Kugellagerwerke ball-bearing
factory and the
Wiener Neustädter
Flugzeugwerke (WNF)...
- **** Germany's ball bearings, and
factories such as the
Schweinfurter Kugellagerwerke became a
target of
Allied strategic bombing during World War II to...
-
attack – (a)
Aircraft industry, (b) Oil, (c) ball
bearing (German):
Kugellagerwerke, (d)
Vehicular production" (Eisenhower, 18 July). Over a
quarter of...
- (which
would be
attacked at high cost in August), the
Schweinfurter Kugellagerwerke ball-bearing (attacked in
October and also
causing heavy USAAF losses)...
- the area, in
order to
provide an air
defense for the
Schweinfurter Kugellagerwerke and
other ball
bearing factories in Schweinfurt, as the city produced...
