In 1940 with the World War already begun, the United States General Staff announced a competition for the construction of a light four-wheel drive vehicle that would serve numerous uses.
The American Bantum Company, Willys Overland Motor, and Ford Motor Company participated in the race. The choice fell on the Willys model, which, after a pre-series of 1500 vehicles starting from 1941, was put on assembly lines and produced no less than 640,000 units, including 277,000 under license from Ford. This means that the "Jeep" was the vehicle built in the largest number of specimens by the war industry during the Second World War.
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