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A Concise History of Germany’s Autobahns
"How Germany’s famed highways came to be—and what it’s like to drive as fast as you want.
By the turn of the century the German Autobahn System was growing again, and in 2004 it became the third-largest superhighway system in the world, behind the U.S. and China. Today, there are some 8,078 miles of autobahn in Germany." "The Nazi party initially opposed a highway network on the grounds that it would primarily benefit the rich aristocrats who could afford a car. It wasn't until Adolf Hitler realized the propaganda value of individual mobility—a nation-wide road network and an affordable "people's car" to populate it—that the Nazis embraced the idea. The project would become the world's first high-speed road network. Ironically, the autobahns in Germany proved more useful for Allied military forces than for their domestic forces." https://www.automobilemag.com/news/a...B0C5281577BDB6 .
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