This Jeep is located in the room called "Les Alliés Seconde Guerre mondiale" (The Allies during the Second World War) in the back of the museum.  Combat Vehicle As the United State's entrance into World War II approached, the U.S. realized its great need for a small yet effective vehicle that could be used for everything from personnel transport to reconnaissance. Although WILLYS won the contract, it could also not keep up with production and Ford was contracted to produce similar vehicles (over 270,000 of them). While the WILLYS model feared a flat plate-like grille, Ford introduced the slotted grille that is synonymous with Jeeps today.

"135 firms were contacted on July 11th, 1940 for the building of that vehicle. 2 firms only answered: WILLYS OVERLAND and AMERICAN BANTAM CO. The last one was unable to face high mass production orders so did WILLYS win the market. 639 245 vehicles of this type were built in total."