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Highways were actually "invented" during the Roman Empire – as an efficient way for their troops and message bearers to move across occupied territory. Back then military transport was via horses and horse-drawn carriages carrying people &/or equipment, so the highways were appropriately sized for two-way horse-based traffic to pass smoothly.
Hitler merely brought the same concept into the 20th Century, when military vehicles had grown into trucks, tanks and armoured personnel carriers, as well as aircraft that needed emergency landing options, hence the autobahn, where heavy-duty military vehicles can travel smoothly in both directions.
Having experienced trench warfare during World War One, Hitler knew the value of wide all-weather roads to support the logistical needs of wheeled automobiles towards a war that he'd started planning since the early 1930's.
Since Roman times, civilian travel has always been greatly facilitated by the infrastructure designed principally for military purposes.
David Sawe
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∙ 12y agoAdolf Hitler did in the 1930s
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