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OTOH/IMHO's avatar

Can we give the "Third Reich supporter" a rest? Ford's Willow run plant produced more B-24 bombers by far than anywhere else, and his trucks went by the thousands to benefit the Russian war effort. He incidentally led a relief movement in WWI for besieged Belgium and was a strong peace advocate.

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Marlin Wilkiams's avatar

Also, in the mid 30s Ford built a truck plant in the Soviet Union. It was a big deal at the time. Ford apparently was mainly interested in building and selling motor vehicles, not the political persuasion of the people buying them.

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Abiding Dude's avatar

Look it up, Bozo... both things can be true.

Other Nazi supporters... Lindbergh, Prescott Bush...

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Abiding Dude's avatar

Look it up, clown... both can be true.

Lindbergh was a big Nazi supporter too.

So was Prescott Bush

No sin in that, WWII should have never been fought.

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OTOH/IMHO's avatar

More nonsense. Following his epic transatlantic flight in The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh received many accolades and awards, from the French as well as Hitler's Germany, but he was, like millions, opposed to our getting involved in WWII. Once it started, though, he was a tireless supporter of the war effort especially in the Pacific where he was sent as an advisor, and not only was given credit for helping P-38 pilots tweak engine performance so the they could gain enough range to ambush Yamamoto- but he was credited with downing a Few Japanese planes himself.

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Lugh's avatar

He received a German medal before the war which his wife called, "the albatross". A proud man, he wouldn't give an inch. She was on the side of the Newspapers, the Zionist side of course. Roosevelt was disgusted with him. But after Pearl Harbor, he begged to be allowed to serve his nation, and was finally allowed to.

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