During WW2 what product did The Coca Cola company invent in order to continue selling in Germany?
2006-06-23 04:16:57 · 10 answers · asked by nefariousx 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Product or brand.
2006-06-23 04:17:43 · update #1
This site has alittle more info than snopes....so...check it out.
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-food/coca_cola.htm
2006-06-23 11:08:15 · update #2
Coca-Cola "stayed in business by inventing and selling Fanta, a fruit drink which continues to be a Coca-Cola product today."
(see source for full details on quote)
2006-06-23 06:25:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you actually read the snopes article that two people above shamelessly copied and pasted from, you see Fanta wasn't started because Coca-Cola was afraid of Nazi association or anything like that. Fanta was started by a Coca-Cola man in Germany who could no longer make Coke because of war-related supply issues, and therefore invented Fanta as a "this is the best we can do with what we have" Frankenstein drink solution. Coca-Cola itself didn't even know what was going on until after the war. The Third Reich had nothing to do with the invention of the drink, and the inventor never joined the Nazi party.
2006-06-23 13:46:37 · answer #2 · answered by JaGa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard a number of times that Fanta (which I think is owned by Coke) was created by Coca Cola in order to enable the company to sell soft drinks to the Nazis during World War II without having to worry about anyone seeing Hitler or Goebbels "having a coke and a smile."
2006-06-23 11:21:30 · answer #3 · answered by Crash&Burn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard a number of times that Fanta (which I think is owned by Coke) was created by Coca Cola in order to enable the company to sell soft drinks to the Nazis during World War II without having to worry about anyone seeing Hitler or Goebbels "having a coke and a smile."
2006-06-23 11:21:24 · answer #4 · answered by cmhurley64 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's the summary from snopes:
"Fanta was the creation of a German-born Coca-Cola man who was acting without direction from Atlanta. This man wasn't a Nazi, nor did he invent the drink at the direction of the Third Reich. Rather, in an effort to preserve Coca-Cola company assets and protect its people by way of keeping local plants operating, he formulated a new soft drink when it became impossible to produce the company's flagship product. "
2006-06-23 22:39:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fanta
2006-06-23 12:15:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fanta
2006-06-23 11:21:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always wondered how that horrible mixture of sugar in orange colored water came to be sold all over Europe. Was Fanta why the Nazis lost?
2006-06-23 12:11:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the answer to your question is Fanta.
2006-06-23 11:37:39 · answer #9 · answered by bddrex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He-Brew
2006-06-23 11:20:39 · answer #10 · answered by ŚţΰāŔţ ● Ŧ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋