1936-1950
History
1936
Merger of Rheinmetall and Borsig into Rheinmetall-Borsig AG
1938
Relocation of the company headquarters from Düsseldorf to Berlin
1940-1945
Increasing control of armaments production by the Reich via the "Commissioner for the Four-Year Plan".
Mass deployment of German and foreign forced labourers in all the factories of factories of Rheinmetall-Borsig AG
1944-1945
Damage and destruction of production facilities by air raids, therefore relocation of production to numerous locations in the later GDR and present-day Poland
1945
End of war and production banned by military government
1950
Start of a less successful civilian production programme in Düsseldorf
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