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ARP Warden reads Adolf Hitler
| Speech by Adolf Hitler to the Reichstag following the routing of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the capitulation of France |
Speech by Adolf Hitler dated 19 July 1940Subjects: Germany, NSDAP Germany, World War II, Versailles Treaty
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Source: Internet Archive
An abridged version of this speech was produced as a leaflet in English translation headlined "Last Appeal to Reason". Several hundred thousand of the leaflets were dropped by Luftwaffe aircraft over British cities through July 1940.
Wikispooks Comment
Apart from fulmination against Jewish power and clear personal animosity between Hitler and the principal Allied nations' war leaders, the speech is most notable for its conciliatory tone. It outlines Germany's motivation in considerable detail and emphasises the punitive and completely unacceptable nature (to Germany) of the Versailles Treaty. It seeks dialogue, negotiation and the avoidance of all-out war. British reaction to the speech and the leaflet drop that followed it was insult and ridicule - See picture above
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