The Plot Against FDR

The Plot Against FDR in 1933 was a plan discussed among the business elite to overthrow the president using half a million war veterans. The businessmen wanted to institute the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the Great Depression. One of the notable businessmen was Prescott Bush, grandfather of George W. Bush. Major General Smedley Butler, the man being considered to head the coup, testified a year later in Congress and confirmed that people had met with him regarding their plan.

Listen to the BBC Radio 4 documentary on this.