The World at War<p>British Comet tanks move through the streets of a devastated town - Germany, March 1945.<br>The Comet tanks were made in a Lancashire town called Leyland by Leyland motors. The number of employees went from under 500 in 1939 to over 3000 by 1944. Founded in 1896 and despite many ups and downs the company still manufactures today with around 1000 employees <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ww2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ww2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tank</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comettank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comettank</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/britisharmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>britisharmy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leylandmotors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leylandmotors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leyland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leyland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lancashire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lancashire</span></a></p>