Junkers 52 and an airport runabout VW
While the Treaty of Versailles prohibited Germany from attempting to build an air force, in reality the German Reichswehr (the predecessor to the Wehrmacht) began attempting to circumvent the treaty almost immediately after it was signed. When Adolf Hitler came to power, he already had the foundations of the military rearmament he sought.
Truman gathered as much information he could while he was “undercover” and made accounts of the many failed attempts at stopping the illegal activity the Luftwaffe and air industry was conducting.
Smith crafted the idea of inviting Charles Lindbergh out to see the aeronautical advancements Germany had been making. When Lindbergh did come Smith was banking on the Germans to take his bait and show Lindbergh behind the scenes, illegal activity they had been working on. They did take the bait, but what’s more is that they let Lindbergh fly and operate one of the fighter jets they had begun to produce. Lindbergh had now the intelligence Smith wanted the to U.S. to gather yet when Lindbergh relayed his findings, they failed to make a call to action on the part of the Americans.
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