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1940 - 1949

The Company in 1945

  • Production totals 13,4 % of pre-war levels.

  • Annual production : 9 324 vehicles.

The models in 1945

  • Type 45G truck with an Imbert gas producer. A wood-burning gas producer starting on gas rather than petrol. This system, studied since 1940, is used to help France's indudtry.


In the news in 1945


  • The conferences of Yalta and Potsdam restructure the post-war world. In France, Renault is nationalised.
  • The war crimes tribunal opens in Nuremberg.
  • The war continues in Asia. The USA drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  • The United Nations Charter is adopted.