[Tailgunner Joe]

Haushofer's geopolitics was Hitler's inspiration for lebensraum, "living space." When he traveled to Japan as a young man at every port along the way, Cyprus, Alexandria, Aden, India and Singapore he was greeted by the British Union Jack.

In order to combat British naval supremacy he urged that the Reich take control of central Asia, the global "pivot area."

"Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland. Who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island. Who rules the World-Island commands the world."

[PGalt]

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