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> didn't the Germans court the Mexicans in WWII? Italians and Germans were active all over the Americas, in response the US created the Office for Inter-Americ
by freeflight 4y ago
> didn't the Germans court the Mexicans in WWII?
Italians and Germans were active all over the Americas, in response the US created the Office for Inter-American Affairs [0] to spread its own counter-propaganda. Among other things, they hired Disney to create The Grain That Built a Hemisphere, using corn as a symbol for Pan-American unity.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_Coordinator_of_Inter-American_Affairs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_Coordinator_of_I...