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Thyssen Exposes German War Conspiracy Claims
August Thyssen testifies to a German led plot behind World War I, detailing promises of vast gains to business leaders, state-backed loans, and planned conquests. He describes blackmail to fund war efforts and postwar controls, with Thyssen’s own vast holdings cited as evidence of prewar German influence.
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Washington
Kaiser
August Thyssen
Japan
Joseph G. Butler, Jr
Youngstown
Record
Baltimore
Butler
Senate
Owen
Thyssen
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Works
J. Pierpont Morgan
Europe
Germany
Lerns
Australia
Deutsche Bank
India
Canada
England
Bethman-Hollweg
Trades Department
Berlin
Munich
Cassel
Bethmann Hollweg
Bethmann-Hollweg
War Office
Foreign Trade Department
American Iron and Steel Institute
United States
International Conference of Steel Men
Brussels
Gary
British
France
Russia
Holland
Vlaardingen
Rotterdam
Vulcan Iron & Steamship Building Company
Montigny
Minsieres
Caen
Nikolsieff
Black Sea