Cavalcade Of America - Feb. 22, 1943 - Plot To Kidnap Washington

Cavalcade Of America - Feb. 22, 1943 - Plot To Kidnap Washington. In February 1780 Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, the interim commander in chief of British forces in the New York area, and Captain George Beckwith, London’s spymaster in the American colonies, planned and attempted a mission to kidnap General George Washington. If this had happen, this would have change the course of history. Imagine no United States as we know, World War 2 might have been lost. Enjoy the show.