German re-armament
During the years preceding World War II Opel was Germany's largest truck producer. The "Blitz" name, coined in a prize competition, was first applied to the new Opel truck presented in November 1930. As part of the Nazi economy and the German re-armament efforts the authorities ordered the construction of the "Opelwerk Brandenburg" facilities in 1935, and through 1944 more than 130,000 "Blitz" trucks and chassis were produced.