'' Plan for Destruction '' is a 1943 American short propaganda film directed by Edward Cahn . It looks at the Geopolitik ideas of the ex-World War I professor , General Karl Haushofer , who is portrayed as the head of a huge organisation for gathering information of strategic value and the mastermind behind Hitler 's wars and plans to enslave the world . The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
Academy Award
16th Academy Awards
Plan for Destruction