#86 'Hell-bent to supplant our democratic government' - Ep 5 Trading with the Nazis

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English - February 01, 2024 09:38 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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In 1936 the US Ambassador in Berlin, William Dodd, wrote to President Roosevelt warning of a pro-Nazi clique of US industrialists ‘hell-bent to bring a fascist state to supplant our democratic government.’ We look at the notorious Liberty League and the dinner in New York’s Astoria to celebrate the fall of Paris to the Nazis. We showcase the businessmen who believed they were above democracy and could achieve world peace (under fascism) through world trade.

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