Reddit reviews The American Axis: Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the Third Reich

He (and his company) made war parts for both sides, at the same time. I hesitate to say this as I have not read the source, but according to Wikipedia, he used French POWs as slave labor for his German branch, Ford-Werke. Although he didn't support the US involvement in the war, Ford broke ground on Willow Run to develop B-24s in 1941 (source).

What's even more interesting is his partnership with a man named Harry Bennett, who ran the Ford Service Department. This was not a customer service desk; this was the brute force that controlled Ford's employees (i.e. union busting) and 'got things done'. Bennett was big and ruthless, but extremely loyal to Ford (source). See also: The Battle of the Overpass.

At the same time, Ford was a pacifist and paid his employees well. He did revolutionize the auto industry and is the reason we can afford to buy a car today.

At some point, I was reading a book about this. Here it is, on Amazon

I'll have to look into this when I have a bit more time. Overall, a very interesting find.

If you're interested in other links between occult groups and fascist extremists, you'll probably enjoy this lengthy, nine part series on one aspect of the subject, as well as this essay regarding synarchy's influence on fascist/Nazi circles in pre and post-War Europe.

I'm of the opinion that, yes, Nazis were fascists. They may have started out as socialists, but as a struggling party they needed cash and IG Farben was one of their first big corporate donors. Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and numerous other right wing anti-communist pro-fascists were all Nazi supporters and certainly had no love for socialism. American Axis by Max Wallace is a well researched and entertaining read on the subject.

Yes, I know Charles Lindbergh- huge Nazi sympathizer and white supremacist.

"Lindbergh's own anti-Semitism and white-Supremacist views captured the attention of the Nazis, who soon manipulated him in their clandestine Fifth Column efforts"

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312290225

Are you actually trying to defend Charles Lindbergh and the "America First" slogan? Because that would make you a horrible person.

A good book on this subject. American Axis

The American Axis: Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the Third Reich.

It's a good book. He received the Grand Cross of the German Eagle for a reason, and that reason was in part for bankrolling some of the Nazi efforts.

The Civil war was not about protecting America's freedom, as a matter of fact it was fought specifically to take away Americans' freedom to own slaves. Which is one of the greatest things we have ever done. It was a war to expand and propogate America's freedoms to a new group of people, But if the south would have won there would not be a reduction or threat to American freedom. It can be argued that America would be a more free and open nation if the State's rights oriented confederation of states had survived instead of the strong federal government.

As far WWII what proof do you want? That Germany and Japan never planned on conquering the US? I would love to prove a negative and it easy. There is no evidence that Hitler planned to invade the US except for one very suspect history channel "documentary" based on one source. Germany was actually quite upset that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The intention of bringing Japan into the war was to have them invade Russia in 1941 from the east while he attacked from the west. Hitler did want to draw the US into the war that is the primary reason for the Tripartite Pact with Italy and Japan was to discourage America from entering the European theater
>This had enormous implications for Hitler. By this time, Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, along with Fascist Italy, had entered into a strategic agreement known as the Tripartite Pact, pledging to provide mutual military assistance in the event any one of them was attacked by a nation not already involved in the war. The year-old Pact had been crafted mainly to intimidate America and to discourage it from helping Britain.

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As far as the threat in the US from the American fascists Lindbergh, Prescott Bush, and Henry Ford (who called Hitler a Hero) I suggest reading The American Axis it contains a lot of great information about the desire of great industrialist for fascism to come to America. These are commonly known facts about WWII.

American soldiers often fight to expand or further freedom around the world, but they are rarely employed in the defense of American freedom.