2007-03-05 14:54:21 · 14 answers · asked by Peter V 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The modern U.S. interstate highway system is modeled after the German autobahn. President Eisenhower inagurated the interstate highway program and there is probably a correlation between his experience in Germany during World War II and this program. Another interesting note is that after World War I Eisenhower lead an Army convoy across the United States, a trip that took several weeks. So from personal experience it seems logical that Eisenhower admired the autobahns and understood the importance of safe, direct routes to commerce as well as national defense.
2007-03-05 15:06:11 · answer #1 · answered by lwjksu89 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Kinda, sorta! Herr Hitler invented the Autobahn so he could move his army around Germany faster. Eisenhower copied the idea here with our interstate system but both ideas actually came from the Romans who built hiways all over the Empire much for the same purpose. Hitler's regime did not last long enough to reap the additional benefit of easier trade as has happened here and also happened in the Roman period.
2007-03-05 15:08:40 · answer #2 · answered by dhardy55 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DESPITE their association with Hitler in popular history, the autobahns were not a Nazi idea. They were actually begun by the democratic but short-lived Weimar Republic, which ruled the nation from 1919 until 1933. The first German autobahn was completed in 1932 between Cologne and Bonn.
Upon taking power, the Nazis simply continued with the building programme and allocated 100,000 workers to it. The road building soaked up labour and reduced unemployment, and was used in propaganda.
The programme's other aims included the building of national unity by making it easier for people to travel to other parts of Germany.
This article: http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1931922006
2007-03-05 20:13:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who Created The Highway System
2016-11-01 08:33:45 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he didn't. He did not even invent the autobahn. The first of those new intersection-free roads was build and opened before Hitler came to power:
http://german.about.com/library/blgermyth08.htm
2007-03-05 19:29:27 · answer #5 · answered by Sterz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but he was responsible for the Autobahn. Eisenhower was inspired by the German autobahn system to create the U.S. interstate highway system.
2007-03-05 15:08:54 · answer #6 · answered by MTSU history student 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 11:11:02 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indirectly.
General Eisenhower first viewed Adolf's
highwau system after WWII.
Then, when Ike became President, he
layed the groundwork for our interstate
system.
2007-03-05 15:05:25 · answer #8 · answered by kyle.keyes 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, Eisenhower did. He's the one that had the interstate highways put down for military passage.
2007-03-05 15:03:08 · answer #9 · answered by Morphage 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am pretty sure he is on the city planning commitee in las Vegas, there is ALWAYS road closures with NOTHING going on!
2007-03-05 15:02:01 · answer #10 · answered by Damn!™sumgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋