Question:  Childersburg, Alabama is near the munitions plant that was operated during what event?

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Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken: Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken Aktien-Gesellschaft (German Weapons and Munitions public limited company), known as DWM, was an arms company in Imperial Germany created in 1896 when "Ludwig Loewe & Company" united its weapons and ammunition production facilities within one company.  In 1896 Loewe founded Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken with a munitions plant in Karlsruhe (Baden), formerly Deutsche Metallpatronenfabrik Lorenz, and the weapons plant in Berlin.  Shares that Loewe had in other gun- and ammunition plants were transferred to DWM.  This included Waffenfabrik Mauser, Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (FN) in Belgium and Waffen- und Munitionsfabrik A.G. in Budapest.  The DWM was orchestrated by Isidor Loewe (1848–1910), as his brother Ludwig had died in 1886.  Karl Maybach (who was part of the Maybach company) was employed by the Loewe company in 1901.

Potomac Heights, Maryland: Potomac Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charles County, Maryland, United States.  The population was 1,117 at the 2010 census.  It has a volunteer fire department and numerous older rambler homes built for workers at the nearby U.S. Navy munitions plant in Indian Head (now known as the Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center).

Childersburg, Alabama: Childersburg is a city in Talladega County in the U.S. state of Alabama.  It was incorporated in 1889.  At the 2010 census the population was 5,175.  It claims a history dating back before 1540, when it was noted as a village of the Coosa Nation visited by the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.  The Alabama Army Ammunition Plant, important during World War II, was located 4 mi north of Childersburg.

Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant: The Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant was a 15546 acre government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facility 12 miles west of Texarkana, Texas that was established in 1942.  The land was purchased from local citizens through Eminent Domain by the United States Department of Defense.  The Lone Star Defense Corporation, a subsidiary of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Corporation, won the contract on July 23, 1941 to produce artillery shells, bombs, fuses, boosters, and other auxiliary munitions at the site.  The plant produced ammunition throughout World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.  The plant was last operated by Day & Zimmermann.

Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot, Nebraska: The Naval Ammunition Depot (NAD) near Hastings, Nebraska was the largest United States World War II naval munitions plant operating from 1942 to 1946 and produced over 40% of the U.S. Navy's munitions.

Grangeston Halt railway station: The Grangeston Halt railway station was a private station that was not listed in the public timetables, located in a rural part of South Ayrshire, Scotland and served the WWII Grangeston ICI munitions plant bringing workers to the site.  Grant's Distillery now occupies much of the site.

Alabama Army Ammunition Plant: The Alabama Army Ammunition Plant (ALAAP), was a United States munitions plant built and operated during World War II.  The facility is located four miles (6 km) north of Childersburg, Alabama in Talladega County, Alabama.

P-9 Project: The P-9 Project was the codename given during World War II to the Manhattan Project's heavy water production program.  The Cominco plant at Trail, British Columbia, was upgraded to produce heavy water.  DuPont built three plants in the United States: at the Morgantown Ordnance Works, near Morgantown, West Virginia; at the Wabash River Ordnance Works, near Dana and Newport, Indiana; and at the Alabama Ordnance Works, near Childersburg and Sylacauga, Alabama.  The American plants operated from 1943 until 1945.  The Canadian plant at Trail continued in operation until 1956.  Three nuclear reactors were built using the heavy water produced by the P-9 Project: Chicago Pile 3 at Argonne, and ZEEP and NRX at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada.

Hercules Inc.: Hercules, Inc., was a chemical and munitions manufacturing company based in Wilmington, Delaware, which was formed as the Hercules Powder Company.  Hercules Powder Company was formed in 1882 by DuPont and Laflin & Rand Powder Company to finance construction of a dynamite plant on land adjacent to San Francisco Bay owned by DuPont subsidiary California Powder Works.  This created the company town of Hercules, California.  Hercules Inc. was a manufacturer of chemicals and munitions based in Wilmington, Delaware.  The company was established in 1912 by T.W. Bacchus as the Hercules Powder Company.  The Hercules Powder Company was one of the companies created from the break up of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours "powder trust" in 1911 as ruled by a U.S. Supreme Court decision.  In its early years as a separate company, it continued to produce explosives and dynamite."  Hercules was spun off from DuPont as a result of U.S. federal government actions in the field of antitrusts. Hercules, Inc., operated under this name until 2008, when it was merged into Ashland Inc.

Autauga Northern Railroad: The Autauga Northern Railroad (reporting mark AUT) is a shortline operating between Maplesville, Alabama and a plant of the International Paper Company near Prattville, Alabama, 43.62 mi .  This trackage is leased from Norfolk Southern and was originally operated by the Mobile & Ohio, Gulf Mobile & Ohio, and Illinois Central Gulf railroads as part of their line between Montgomery, Alabama and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  In addition, Autauga Northern uses 10.08 mi of trackage rights over CSX, also ex-GM&O, to gain access into Montgomery.  The lease from NS was approved in February 2011, and operations began in April 2011 as part of Watco Companies.

Supporting paragraphs: Childersburg, Alabama Alabama Army Ammunition Plant
Answer: World War II