The untold story of how the "American Dream" defeated Nazi ideology without firing a single shot

May 15th, 1944. Camp Alona, Iowa. When Lieutenant General Von Falkenhayn and 300 Afrika Korps veterans stepped off the train, they expected to find a suffering, mongrel nation as promised by Goebbels' propaganda. Instead, they encountered a reality that shattered their worldview: German-American farmers driving John Deere tractors, houses lit by electricity, and tables overflowing with food.

From the cornfields of Iowa to the hills of Texas, this story explores the incredible historical irony of World War II: Nazi soldiers working for "traitors" who had left Germany generations ago—and who were now richer, freer, and happier than the "Master Race" ever was.

Discover how breakfast bacon, electric refrigerators, and the kindness of farmers named Schmidt and Zimmermann did what bullets couldn't: prove that democracy worked.

In this video: 0:00 - Arrival at Camp Alona: 80 Cents a Day 2:15 - The Shock of Abundance: Tractors vs. Scythes 5:30 - Meeting the "Traitors": German-Americans in the Midwest 8:45 - Thanksgiving 1944: Enemies at the Same Table 12:10 - The Aftermath: How POWs Rebuilt Germany
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