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Part Two: Alfred Hugenberg: The Elon Musk of Weimar Germany

2025/4/10
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This chapter explores Hugenberg's role in prolonging WWI through his influence on the Pan-German League, his advocacy for maintaining Germany's territorial gains, and his opposition to peace negotiations.
  • Hugenberg's influence on the Pan-German League
  • Advocacy for maintaining territorial gains
  • Opposition to peace negotiations
  • The impact of Hugenberg's actions on the length and consequences of WWI

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World War 1 has begun, and Robert walks Amanda through how Alfred Hugenberg bought up the German media to make the case the the war should go on for ever, and then how he backed the Nazi party and ushered Hitler into power when that didn't go well for some reason.

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