Adidas´ founder´s first name was Adolf .
Business was successful and the Dasslers were selling 200,000 pairs of shoes every year before World War II.The Dassler factory , used for production of anti-tank weapons during the Second World War , was nearly destroyed in 1945 by US forces , but was spared when Adolf Dassler 's wife convinced the GIs that the company and its employees were only interested in manufacturing sports shoes .