: They wanted to install a fascist organization and dictator, mirroring the political shifts happening in Europe at the time.
While the characters in the movie are heavily fictionalized, the central conspiracy is based on a real-world event known as the of 1933: Amsterdam.2022.1080p.BRRIP.x264.AAC-AOC
: Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler was approached by the conspirators to lead the coup. Instead of joining them, he testified about the plot before Congress in 1934. : They wanted to install a fascist organization