Later at the Auto exhibition of 1938 Hitler announced his decision to start with the production of the new car. It was at this juncture that he renamed the new car as 'KdF wagen' or the 'Kraft durch Freude' meaning 'strength through joy.' Legend states that the Swastika surrounded by the cogged wheel was the first official emblem of KdF wagen.
The new factory employed people with the expertise from America for the production of the new car. However, the production of the cars never realized with the factory directing its attention to the production of military vehicles during World War II. After the fall of the Germans, when the British Military Government took over the company, it started the production of the car from the blueprints discovered under the expert guidance of Major Ivan Hirst. It was during this period that the name was changed back to 'Volkswagen' and it launched the "Beetle."
But attempts made by the British Government to relieve them of control of the company faced denial from the French Government, Ford Motor Company and Fiat. It was in 1949 that the government of the Federal Republic of Germany took over the trusteeship of Volkswagenwerk. After this phase, there has been no looking back for Volkswagen, which widened its horizons through the Volkswagen-Porsche partnership to become the world's largest car manufacturer in terms of production.
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