Antony Sutton’s Hidden History: The Secret Alliance of Western Elites with Bolshevism and Nazism

Antony Sutton, a researcher and historian, revealed what he claimed was a deliberately hidden truth: Western financial and industrial elites—especially from the U.S. and Britain—actively financed and supported both communism and fascism throughout the 20th century. According to Sutton, this was not accidental or contradictory, but a calculated strategy to maintain and expand their control over global economies and political power.

1. Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution

Contrary to the official story that Western capitalists opposed communism, Sutton argued that major American bankers and corporations covertly financed the Bolshevik Revolution.

• Firms like Kuhn, Loeb & Co., with Jacob Schiff at the helm, helped fund Lenin and Trotsky.

• Banks connected to the Federal Reserve, as well as the Rockefeller and Morgan dynasties, funneled money and resources.

• Trotsky’s time in New York, Sutton claimed, was financially backed by these interests.

The motive? To control and manipulate the Soviet experiment in centralized economic planning, turning the USSR into a testing ground for global domination tactics.

2. Wall Street and the Rise of Nazi Germany

Sutton’s research alleged that some of America’s largest corporations maintained business relationships with Nazi Germany:

• Companies like Ford, General Motors, Standard Oil, and IBM helped finance, industrialize, and equip Nazi Germany.

• These firms supplied vital technology and resources, continuing trade throughout the 1930s.

Western elites viewed Hitler as a strategic counterweight to communism and a useful instrument in fomenting global conflict that would ultimately benefit their interests.

3. Western Technology Fueled Soviet Industry

Sutton detailed how the Soviet Union’s industrial and military power was largely built using Western technology and expertise:

• According to his analysis, up to 95% of Soviet industrial capacity was imported, licensed, or developed with Western help.

• This included factories, electrical infrastructure, automotive production, and military hardware.

The USSR, in Sutton’s view, had minimal indigenous innovation; it was a giant dependent on Western capital and know-how.

4. The Bigger Picture: Why Support Both Sides?

Sutton argued these elites engineered conflict by funding both communism and fascism as part of a broader strategy:

Controlled Opposition: By supporting opposing ideologies, they could ensure no genuine threat to their centralized power.

Global Centralization: Using capitalism and socialism as tools to concentrate economic and political control.

Profiting from Conflict: Wars and revolutions generated massive profits and provided opportunities to reshape the world order.

He often linked these maneuvers to secretive elite groups, such as:

• The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

• The Skull and Bones Society

• The Trilateral Commission

Sutton’s Core Quote:

“The argument that the two systems, communism and capitalism, are ideologically opposed is a false dichotomy. Both are tools for centralizing control in the hands of a few.”