Traction Avant with gas bottles
The Company in 1943
- In September, the Javel plant is bombed : 282 machines are damaged, of which 33 are beyond repair.
- Annual production : 4 494 vehicles.
In the news in 1943
- In July, the Allies land in Sicily. A few days later, Mussolini is arrested on the orders of the King.
- French resistance leader Jean Moulin is arrested.
- The 6th German Army surrenders at Stalingrad. The German are also defeated at Kursk.
- Joseph Kessel and Maurice Druon wrote the words to Le Chant des Partisans, The hymn sung by the French resistance. Saint Exupéry writes Pilote de guerre (War pilot).