Pulled strings and gave marching orders would overstate the case... working toward mutually shared goals from mutually shared perspectives... goals and perspectives that grow from a corporate and business perspective... would be closer to the mark.

In terms of American support for Naziism, the case of IBM is no doubt familiar to you, <link>

as is the case of Ford Motor Co. and Henry Ford, <link>

In fact the role of the Bush family itself in supporting the Nazis is worth noting: <link>

(These aren't the best sources on that subject, but they'll give you a starting point.)

As for German companies, this book review provides you with a good starting point for your research.

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I quote briefly:

Gerald Feldman's opening essay, "Financial Institutions in Nazi Germany: Reluctant or Willing Collaborators?" draws on his earlier studies of German banks and insurance companies. As before, he is highly critical of analysts whom he believes over-emphasize alignments between the Nazis and big business. This time, however, near the end of his essay, he strikes an oddly discordant note: "When one digs deeply enough, one discovers that financial institutions were part of the network of governmental and private institutions engaged in Germany's imperial and racial goals" (p.33).

I fully acknowledge that there is a debate about whether Germany companies led or followed, and I fall on the side of leading, but please don't claim that they were in the vast majority anything other than happy to partake in the fruits offered by the Nazis. I happen to think, as do some scholars noted above, that it went even deeper than that.

The "control" is ultimately as much ideological and "Gramscian" as a matter of direct orders, and that is as true in the US as it was in Nazi Germany. The offer of jobs after government service is one way that you can control officials without giving them orders.