National World War II Museum Opel Sedan Winter Camouflage New Orleans United States NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — A 1934 Opel Sedan, modified with whitewash camouflage and pine branches, is displayed within a snowy Ardennes forest diorama at the National World War II Museum. Manufactured by the Opel Division of General Motors in Rüsselsheim, Germany, this pre-war civilian model features a 6-cylinder inline flathead engine and was one of over 52,000 produced. Because the German army faced chronic shortages of motorized transport during the six-week Battle of the Bulge, vehicles of this type were f

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