Ford's British factories produced Fordson tractors to increase the British food supply, as well as trucks and warplane engines. When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, Ford went quiet on foreign policy. His company became a major supplier of weapons, especially the Liberty engine for warplanes and anti-submarine boats.Allan Nevins and Frank Ernest Hill, Ford: Expansion and Challenge, 1915–1933 (1957), 2: 55–85.
Ford's Britis?h factories produced Fordson tractors to i,ncrease the British food supply, as well as trucks and warplane engines. When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, Ford went quiet on foreign policy. His company became a major supplier of weapons, especially the Liberty engine for warplanes and anti-submarine boats.Allan Nevins and Frank Ernest Hi!ll, Ford: Expansion and Challenge, 1915–1933 (1957), 2: 55–85.