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Nazi march of the German American Bund on East 86th St., New York City, 30 October 1939. Nazism in the Americas has existed since the 1930s and continues to exist today. The membership of the earliest groups reflected the sympathies some German-Americans and German Latin-Americans had for Nazi Germany.
Leon Trotsky had drawn up the Proletarian Military Policy, calling for opposition to the war and support for industrial action during it. Some communist-led organizations with links to the Comintern opposed the war during the period of the Hitler-Stalin pact but then backed it after Germany invaded the Soviet Union [citation needed].
On 11 December 1941, four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and three days after the United States declaration of war against Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany declared war against the United States, in response to what was claimed to be a "series of provocations" by the United States government when the U.S. was still officially neutral during World War II.
German business leaders disliked Nazi ideology but came to support Hitler, because they saw the Nazis as a useful ally to promote their interests. [66] Business groups made significant financial contributions to the Nazi Party both before and after the Nazi seizure of power, in the hope that a Nazi dictatorship would eliminate the organised ...
Hitler and the Nazis began to exploit the crisis and loudly criticized the ruling government. During this tumultuous time, the German Communist Party also began campaigning and called for a revolution. Business leaders, fearful of a communist takeover, began supporting the Nazi Party.
at an America First rally held in the Des Moines Coliseum in Des Moines, Iowa, [26] on September 11, 1941. [27] Eight thousand people attended in person, [26] and it was broadcast by radio to a national audience. [28] When Lindbergh got on stage with others from the America First Committee, members of the crowd variously applauded and booed. [29]
The poster condemns American capitalism and says America is controlled by Jews. It shows American bombs destroying a helpless European village. Roosevelt was cautious about propaganda. [citation needed] The Nazis were targets, not the German people. [citation needed] In sharp contrast with 1917, atrocity stories were avoided. [113]
Alternate history novels depicted Nazi invasions of America to arouse support for interventionism. [116] The Writers' War Board compiled lists of books banned or burned in Nazi Germany and distributed them for propaganda purposes, and thousands of commemorations of the book burnings were staged. [117]