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Charles Lindbergh: Hitler's All-American Hero

SEVENTY years ago famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, America’s most popular man, urged his country to back the Fuhrer’s evil regime – and he almost achieved his twisted goal.

THE voice coming out of radios across America during that autumn 70 years ago was calm and unhurried.

Millions, from farmers in the wheat-swaying Mid West to slick operators in New York, tuned in to listen – for the speaker was the nation’s golden boy.

He was Charles Lindbergh, the country’s greatest aviator who had become America’s conscience since the drumbeats of war against Hitler reverberated from across the Atlantic....
Read entire article at Daily Express (UK)