Coca-Cola pulls Fanta ad after Nazi blunder

Coca-Cola forced to pull Fanta ad. Image: YouTube.

Coca-Cola has been forced to pull an advertisement after it suggested Nazi Germany was synonymous with ‘the good old times’.

The animated video, in German, was released to coincide with the 75th anniversary of Fanta.

The video explains that 75 years ago, ingredients for the ‘beloved Coca-Cola’ were scarce.

According to the video, the clever employees came up with a brilliant idea, and used the ingredients they did have access to, to create a new drink – Fanta.

The voice from the video then explains: ‘so to celebrate this German icon turning 75 we are bringing the good old times back with the new Fanta Classic’.

Rewind 75 years, and that would put the conception of Fanta – and thereby the ‘good old times’ - right in the midst of World War Two.

Viewers reacted furiously and the company was forced to take the video down.

According to Express, a Coca-Cola spokeswoman apologised for causing offence and said the ad was simply meant to conjure “positive childhood memories”.

Coca-Cola also clarified that Fanta had nothing to do with Nazism.

"Fanta was invented in Germany during the Second World War but the 75-year-old brand had no association with Hitler or the Nazi Party," she said.