Did Hitler personaly recruite Charles Lindbergh as a spy and promt him to speak agianst intervention in WW2?

Question

My history teacher said in class that Hitler personaly recruited Lindbergh as a "spy" and promted him to speak against American intervention in the war. I know that Lindbergh did vist Germany and Europe and spoke against going to war, but calling him a personal spy of Hitler sounded a litte extreame. Any info on this would be helpful.

Answer 1

NO!

When Charles Lindbergh travelled to Germany, it was a number of years before the second world war, and Germany was at that time, not the enemy.

Lindbergh was impressed by the economic recovery under Hitler, and when he returned home, he said so.

At the start of the war in Europe, 1939, Lindbergh was only one of many millions of Americans who did not favour the U.S. getting involved in what was then called Europe's war.

Once the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, the U.S. declared war on them, and Hitler then declared war on the U.S.

Lindbergh was a loyal American, and stood with the rest of the country in the American war effort, he gave Germany no information, OR secrets that they could use.

Answer 2

No. Whatever Lindbergh's political views were America First and the antiwar coalition encompassed people from the far left to the far right.

While Lindbergh, like a lot of others at the time, was personally impressed by Hitler, to say he was a spy is a little over the top.

At most Lindbergh could be accused of misplaced nationalism, but his position: advocating strict neutrality, was one that struck a chord with a lot of Americans at that time.

Answer 3

It may be so but Lindbergh was not unusual in his admiration for Hitler.
At the time one third of Americans had German ancestry and were very much against confronting Hitler.
American corporations traded with both sides after the war started in 1939 right up to the end of 1941.
In 1940 Standard Oil of America gave the Nazis the process for producing synthetic rubber which probably prolonged the war by some months.

Answer 4

Lindbergh was no spy. He was a private American citizen who formed his own opinion about the need to go to war. When he visited Germany, he might have had his visit focused on what Hitler wanted him to see (no concentration camps, for instance), but he was not working for the Third Reich.

Every time the US has gone to war, there have been citizens who have argued against the need. Many get labeled as spies, communists, fascists, peace-mongers, and dissidents. The truth is they are exercising their right to speak out.

Answer 5

This might be true - provided we also accept that Osama personally recruited Pelosi to speak against the intervention in Iraq

seriously- people have different opinions on many subjects. Some of those opinions we happen to disagree with- but what makes us different from some beasts in human skin is that we have free speech, and we honour this priviledge

Answer 6

lindbergh and henry ford were like minded in respect to war with germany but to say a spy, I think not.Unless your teacher knew the family I'd say he overstepped his boundary.but don't fight everything if you want good grades.