The Autobahn Myth
Uwe Oster on the motorway prototype that Hitler hijacked.
Many people still believe that the autobahns in Germany were a National Socialist 'creation', but this is very wide of the mark. The first 'cars-only road' was assigned to traffic in Italy in 1924, and in Germany itself all Hitler had to do was implement existing plans.
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