unfortunately lafares design, however brilliant, was not enough to stop the german ranks marching over his homeland in 1940 after only 6 weeks. the majority of "réchaud de gaz de dirigeant" were melted down into what can only be assumed as scrap metal for the german war machine. however, from jeu lafare's stove the idea was adapted in various forms around the world during world war ii and afterwards. examples can be seen in many military originations around the world today with the american 'bunga' or japanese '携帯用ガス炊飯器'. today there are estimated to be less than 80 of lafare's original full blue french made with english writing "réchaud de gaz de dirigeant". although the stove was a wonderful invention, the germans were incredible in their precision at melting them down in such a systematic way.