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The former Air Ministry building in Berlin, then named 'House of the DWK', was the seat of the German Economic Commission (DWK). The title above the pillars is Deutsche Wirtschaftskommission. Above this the DWK logo and a banner with the title 'The Two-Year Plan secures our future' can be seen.
The name DUKW comes from General Motors Corporation model nomenclature: [6]. D, 1942 production series; U, Utility; K, all wheel drive; W, tandem rear axles, both driven; Decades later, the designation was explained erroneously by writers such as Donald Clarke, who wrote in 1978 that it was an initialism for "Duplex Universal Karrier, Wheeled".
DKW (Dampf-Kraft-Wagen, English: "steam-powered car"; the same initials later also used for Deutsche Kinder-Wagen, English: "German children's car"; Das Kleine Wunder, English: "the little wonder"; and Des Knaben Wunsch English: "the boy's wish") was a German car- and motorcycle-marque.
The Auto Union 1000 was an evolution of the earlier DKW F93, F94 and F94U models of the 3=6 series. Apart from the enlarged engine capacity, which now provided 44 PS (32 kW; 43 hp) in the base model, the 1000 featured the old four-ring Auto Union badge across the grille along with the Auto Union name above it, in place of the DKW badge that had adorned the nose of the earlier models, as well ...
Kiel Deutsche Werke AG (DWK) was founded; producing diesel locomotives as well as shipbuilding and firearms manufacture. During the World War II Deutsche Werke AG produced U-boats, as well as locomotives for the Wehrmacht. The end of the second world war brought not only destruction of many of the facilities in Kiel, but also the end of the ...
The DKW F8 is a compact front-wheel drive two-stroke engined saloon, introduced in 1939. [2] The F8 was slightly shorter than its predecessor despite having a marginally increased wheelbase. [2]
DKW Munga. The DKW Munga is a DKW-branded off-road vehicle that was built by Auto-Union in Ingolstadt, Germany.The name Munga comes from the German phrase Mehrzweck Universal Geländewagen mit Allradantrieb, which translates as "multi-purpose universal off-road car with all-wheel drive" [1]
Once the work was complete, the building was used by the Soviet military administration until 1948, and from 1947 until 1949 by the German Economic Commission (Deutsche Wirtschaftskommission or DWK), which became the top administrative body in the Soviet Occupation Zone. At that time it became officially known as Haus der DWK ("House of the ...