Wall Street and Rise Of Hitler

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The contribution of American capitalism to German war preparations was phenomenal and crucial to the military capabilities of Nazi Germany. An influential sector of American business, aware of the nature of Nazism, aided it for profit, fully understanding that this would likely lead to war involving Europe and the United States. Professor Antony C. Sutton uncovers a remarkable yet underreported aspect of the Second World War: key Wall Street banks and American businesses financed and traded with Nazi Germany, supporting Hitler's rise to power. Through original documents and eyewitness accounts, Sutton reveals that the catastrophic war was extremely profitable for a select group of financial insiders. He meticulously documents the involvement of major players such as J.P. Morgan, T.W. Lamont, the Rockefeller interests, General Electric, Standard Oil, National City Bank, Chase and Manhattan banks, Kuhn, Loeb and Company, General Motors, and the Ford Motor Company, among others, in preparing for one of history's bloodiest conflicts. This classic study, first published in 1976 and part of a trilogy, is presented here in its original form, with the other volumes examining the 1917 Lenin-Trotsky Revolution in Russia and Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 election in the U.S.