What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
During World War II, in addition to filling the stomach with food, the demand for spiritual food was also very high, including cigarettes, alcohol, chocolate, drinks, etc., the German army was provided as much as possible, and sometimes there was a shortage of stocks. Usually, the first four are easier to make, but beverages are equivalent to luxury goods, because in that era, only Coca-Cola had the manufacturing strength, and their products were more popular.
At that time, the US army was accustomed to drinking, so the demand was relatively high, and some units in order to improve morale, also deliberately used transport aircraft to send them from the rear before the war, so that soldiers could drink enough Coke before going to the battlefield, which usually played a very good effect. The German army also had its own drink, Hitler also loved to drink, and also became his own spokesman, until now it is very popular, it is the famous "Fanta".
At that time, the Coca-Cola factory in Germany, because of the war, the headquarters issued a ban, they could not get the raw materials for production, so they had to stop work, the German soldiers who were also more interested in Coke, suddenly there was no Coke to drink morale also had a certain impact, in this case, the technicians racked their brains, and finally used a series of materials such as whey, fruit to make another flavor of syrup, and then made into carbonated drinks.
Therefore, Fanta was born, and under the influence of Hitler, more and more soldiers abandoned Coke and fell in love with drinking Fanta, becoming one of the indispensable spiritual foods. More than 3 million bottles were produced in 1943 alone, and at one point there was a shortage of supplies, with some soldiers willing to trade more valuable items for them.
In the middle and late parts of the war, the U.S. military was always showing off that they had a coke on the battlefield, but the Germans did not want to show weakness and took out a drink that the U.S. army had never seen, which allowed them to successfully find the field. Later, full of curiosity, the US army specially ordered the German Fanta to be taken to taste, and as a result, a group of soldiers instantly fell in love with the taste, and the top management also specially called the Coke Company to let them quickly mass-produce.