More than being anti-semitic, the Nazi warlord and the American inventor of the assembly line had a number of characteristics, tactics and goals in common. Both Henry Ford and Adolf Hitler needed absolute control in their ventures. And to that point, they got rid of anyone who suggested alternatives to their visions by employing muscle intimidation. Ford and Hitler shared the tactic of using thugs to maintain control; Hitler in the form of his army to kill the Jewish people and Ford in the form of Harry Bennett to kill the formation of labor unions in his factories. These were men who shared a vision of world domination in their chosen fields.