In 1940, after World War II had separated, the united states fundamental staff ordered different factories to construct a light multi-purpose vehicle with all-wheel drive. America Bantam company, Willys Overland, and Ford motor Co. competed with every other.Willys model finished up being opted for, which, after a brief run of 1500 vehicles, went into mass production at first of 1941 and reached an entire production of 640.000 items that 277.000 pieces were produced by Ford under a licensing agreement. This shows the Jeep happen the absolute most commonly produced light car of the war industry during World War II.