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Lindbergh, Nazis, and America First

Lindbergh, Nazis, and America First

Sorting out some historical details

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Chris Gehrz
Oct 30, 2024
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On this date in 1940, thousands packed into Woolsey Hall at Yale University to hear Charles A. Lindbergh warn against American intervention in World War II. Nearly two months into German bombing of London and other British cities, the famous pilot insisted that

our involvement in this war would be a disaster both for our own country and for Europe. I say…

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