Word: leuna
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Badische Anilin-& Soda-Fabrik he built the Oppau ammonia works, without which Germany, cut off from nitrate-producing Chile, might have lost the War in 1914 by running out of munitions. (He was instrumental in perfecting the formula for making saltpetre from ammonia.) In 1917 he built the great Leuna Works to supply hard-pressed Germany with more fertilizer & munitions. After the War the works were turned to dye-making, and in 1925 Dr. Bosch organized and became head of the Farbenindustrie. He says little, listens much, dresses carelessly, and peers through thick spectacles at the workings of the great...