![]() ![]() These installations in no wise fall behind those of the Western Wall, and work continues incessantly on strengthening them. A network of roads and railways was constructed so that today communications from the Spanish Frontier to Petsamo are independent of the sea. ![]() More than 1,500 new batteries have been planned and constructed. From Kirkenes to the Spanish Frontier there is a belt of great bases and fortifications many airfields have been built, naval bases and protections for submarines which are practically invulnerable from sea or air. Since then the defences of the conquered countries have changed considerably. Shortly after the end of the campaign in Norway, the German Command was forced, first of all, to ensure the military security of the conquered areas. A historical revision on a unique scale has been imposed on us by the Creator. The German people and their soldiers are working and fighting today, not only for the present, but for the coming, nay the most distant, generations. If the Providence has so willed that the German people cannot be spared this fight, then I can only be grateful that it entrusted me with the leadership in this historic struggle which, for the next 500 or 1,000 years, will be described as decisive, not only for the history of Germany, but for the whole of Europe and indeed the whole world. You know me, my old Party companions: you know I have always been an enemy of half measures or weak decisions. Beyond and above that, the whole German people should take note of this glance into the past, as well as of the coming decisions the present and future impose upon us.Īfter the renewed refusal of my peace offer in January 1940 by the then British Prime Minister and the clique which supported or else dominated him, it became clear that this war-against all reasons of common, sense and necessity-must be fought to its end. In these serious times, I speak to you, Deputies of the German Reichstag, as to the representatives of the German nation. ![]() A year of the greatest decisions lies ahead. Adolf Hitler: Table of Contents| Biography| Timeline of Eventsĭeputies, Men of the German Reichstag! A year of events of historical significance is drawing to an end. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |