Darmstadt Süd Hessen 1933

Autobahns were first conceived, planned, and built on a limited scale in Germany during the Weimar Republic era in the 1920s, but apart from the AVUS in Berlin, construction was slow, and most projected sections did not progress much beyond the planning stage due to economic problems and a lack of political support. One project was the private initiative HaFraBa which planned a "car only road" crossing Germany from Hamburg in the North via central Frankfurt am Main to Basel in Switzerland.

Only days after the Nazi takeover in 1933, Hitler enthusiastically embraced an ambitious autobahn construction project and appointed Fritz Todt the Inspector General of German Road Construction. Soon, over 100,000 laborers worked at construction sites all over Germany. As well as providing employment and improved infrastructure, necessary for economic recovery efforts, the project was also a great success for propaganda purposes. Another aim of the autobahn project was to strengthen centralized rule and national unity and also to provide mobility for the movement of military forces.

The autobahns formed the first limited-access, high-speed road network in the world, with the first section from Frankfurt am Main to Darmstadt opening in 1935. This straight section was used for high speed record attempts by the Grand Prix racing teams of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union until a fatal accident involving popular German race driver Bernd Rosemeyer in early 1938.

During World War II, the central reservation of some autobahns were paved to allow their conversion into auxiliary airports. Aircraft were either stashed in numerous tunnels or camouflaged in nearby woods. However, for the most part, the autobahns were not militarily significant, and most military and economic freight continued to be carried by rail. After the war, numerous sections of the autobahns were in bad shape, severely damaged by heavy Allied bombing and military demolition. Furthermore, thousands of kilometers of autobahns remained unfinished, their construction brought to a halt by 1943 due to the increasing demands of the war effort.

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[raggavideodvtube]

Go mad man go ..go mad man go...he gone tho yippee!!

[ralgarte]

Such a nice guy....

[eric1970x]

@eric1970x Well, Its annoying. But its your video, you can put a turd on it if you want.lol

[DemokratieCo]

Buhhh!

[GottfriedFeder]

The Germany military forces were moved only by trains. The Soviets on the other hand had a tank developed for the autobahn.

[eric1970x]

@doodoodooGG The large gray block that says eagle and shield.

[combatleague]

@NEWBKlNG2

wtf are you talking about?

Hitler was beloved because as a leader because understood the common man, and thus the masses were able to identify with him. and trusted hitler, over the lying jewish bankers, jewish intellectuals who had the gull to talk about promoting "workers rights" let alone to speak for Germany. Hitler was a frontline soldier, an unskilled worker, an artist, and a statemen. the young looked up to him as a revolutionary and the old respected him. tell me something

[NEWBKlNG2]

@combatleague not surprising alot of ppl worked as unskilled laborers back then the 19 teens and 1920's was an entirely different world than it is today. it doesnt matter if he did or didnt. In modern society lots of "professional" business men and women goof up every day all day. Im not going to name any names watch csnbc and youll know

[combatleague]

fun fact: hitler worked as an unskilled laborer in constructing houses

[Evilfisher]

nice watermark faggot