This company designed the most produced fighter aircraft of World War II for the Nazis. The first operational jet fighter – faster and more heavily armed than

any Allied fighter. Became part of the first modern European consortium to design jet passenger aircraft and many other types, is a serious challenge to

Boeing’s monopoly. Made the first commercially viable digital fly-by-wire aircraft and the largest commercial airliner in the world. Another thing the world can thank Adolf Hitler for - Airbus. Listen to this fascinating and shocking story.

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