The Autobahn Myth

Uwe Oster on the motorway prototype that Hitler hijacked.

Bridge over the Saale between Hirschberg, Thuringia and Rudolphstein, Upper FranconiaMany 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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