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HITLER ON PEACE
"There is not a single German who wants war. The last war cost us 2 million lives and seven and a half million wounded. At such a price, this could not have been a victory even if we had won.
What European statesman today could effect a territorial conquest by means of war? Is it necessary to kill 2 millions in order to conquer a territory with 2 million inhabitants? For us that would mean sacrificing 2 million Germans - the flower of the nation's manhood - in exchange for a mixed p
pulation that is neither wholly German nor has much in common with Germany. Sound common-sense is opposed to such a war."
- Adolf Hitler, Paris Soir, January,26th,1936
"If the Germany of to
day takes her stand on the side of peace she does so not because of weakness or cowardic
e. She takes her stand on the side of peace because of the National Socialist conception of People and State. In each and every war for the subjugation of an alien people, National Socialism recognises a process which sooner or later will alter the inner nature of the victor - will weaken him and therewith render him vanquished in turn. Setting aside a mere transitory weakening of the enemy, the European states have nothing whatsoever to gain from war of any kind, except a trifling alteration of frontiers which could be entirely out of proportion to the sacrifices entailed.
The blood that was shed on European battlefields during the past 300 years bears no proportion to the national result of the events. I
n the end France has remained France, Germany Germany, Poland Poland and Italy Italy." -
Adolf Hitler, 'The Thirteen Points', Reichstag Speech
"The German Government are ready i
n principle to conclude pacts of non-aggression with their neighbour states, and to supplement these pacts with al
l provisions aiming at the isolation of the war-maker and the localisation of the areas of the war."
- Adolf Hitler, 'The Thirteen Points', Reichstag Speech
Referring to the original aims of the Geneva Red Cross Convention to work towards reducing armaments, Hitler stated his intention to extend this. "..... In this instance the German Government have in mind to ban all arms which bring death and destruction not so much to the fighting soldiers but to non-combatant women and children.... they believe that it will be possible to proscribe the use of certain arms as contrary to international law and to excommunicate from the community of mankind - its rights an
d its laws - those nations who continue to use them."
- Adolf Hitler, 'The Thirteen Points', Reichstag Speech
"Three times I have made concrete offers for armament restricti
on. These offers were rejected. The greatest offer which I then made was that Germany and France together should reduce their standing armies to 300,000 men; th
at Germany, Great Britain and France, should bring down their air forces to parity and that Germany and Great Britain should conclude a naval agreement. Only the last offer was accepted as real limitation of armaments.
The other German proposals were either flatly refused or where answered by the conclusion of those alliances which gave Central Europe to Soviet Russia as the field of play for its gigantic forces."
"If the rest of the world entrenches itself in indestructible fortresses, builds enormous flying squadrons, gigantic tanks and casts huge guns, it cannot consider it a menace if German National Socialists march in co
lumns wholly unarmed, thereby giving visible expression of the German feeling of national community and providing it with effective protection. .... the German nation and the German Government have not
asked for arms at all, but only for equality of rights.
But if every other nation is allowed to have certain arms, we are on principle not prepared to allow ourselves to be e
xcluded from this rule as a nation with lesser rights!
The German nation has more than fulfilled its disarmament obligations. It is now the turn of those states that have been increasing their armaments to fulfil their own obligations in the same way. Germany has as much right to security as other nations."
- Adolf Hitler
"May the time not be far off when all other European nations will come to the realisation that the primary necessity is putting an end to the quarrels and strife of centuries and of building up of a finer community of all peoples is: The recognition of a higher common duty arising
out of common rights."
- Adolf Hitler
"MY FIRST PROPOSAL:
Germany demands at all costs equality with other nations, but it is prepared to renounce all further armame
nts if other nations will do the same. In other words, general disarmament down to the last machine-gun. This proposal was not even deemed worthy of the rest of the world as fit for a single discussion."
"I MADE A SECOND P
ROPOSAL:
Germany was willing to restrict her army to 200,000 men on the condition that other nations would do the same. This also was rejected.""I MADE A FURTHER PROPOSAL:
Germany was prepared, provided other nations wanted this, to renounce all heavy artillery, tanks, bombing planes and if necessary all types of aeroplanes. But this was also rejected."
"I WENT FURTHER and proposed to limit by international agreement all European armies to 300,000
men. This was also rejected."
I SUBMITTED STILL FURTHER PROPOSALS:
Limitation of all aircraft, abolition of air bombing and gas warfare, security
for those in non-warfare areas, abolition of at least all heavy artillery and tanks. All these proposals were also declined. All had been in vain."
Adolf Hitler
THE RHINELAND
The German re-occupation of the de-militarised Rhineland in 1936 is often held up as proof of Hitler's willingness to break his word. In fact, France was the first to break the Rhine Pact, and the Locarno and League of Nati
ons Agreements too, by signing a Pact with the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, thereby collaborating in an aggressive military build-up encircling Germany.
Hitler reminded the French that as early as winter, 1935/36, the Soviet Union, with which France was collaborating, was mobilising the world's largest army, tank and air forces along eastern Europe&#
39;s borders.
"Then a completely new state of affairs has been brought about and the political system of the Rhine Pact had been destroyed both in the letter and in the spirit.... wi
th a military pact with the Soviet Union exclusively directed against Germany and in violation of the Rhine Pact."
- Adolf Hitler
In the same speech, Hitler offered "to negotiate with France and Belgium for the establishment of a bilateral demilitarised zone, proposed the conclusion of a non-aggression pact between Germany, France and Belgium for a period of twenty-five years, invited England and Italy as guarantors with the same inclusion of the Netherlands sho
uld they so wish. He at the same time offered agreements with countries to the east of Germany."
Adolf Hitler, March, 1936
These proposals were rejected.
GERMANY PLEADS FOR PEACE
"I speak in the name of the entire German nation when I say that all of us most sincerel
y desire to root out an enmity whose sacrifices are out of all proportion to any possible gain.
The German people are convinced that their honour has remained pure and unstained upon
a thousand battlefields, just as they see in the French soldier only their ancient but glorious opponent. We, and the whole German nation, should all be happy at the thought that we could spare our children and our children's' children what we ourselves as honourable men have had to watch in the long and bitter years and have, ourselves had to suffer. The history of the last one hundred and fifty years, with all its varied changes and chances, should have taught both at least one lesson; that important and permanent changes ca
n no longer be purchased by a sacrifice of blood.
I, as a National Socialist, and all my followers, absolutely refuse, however, by reasons of our national principles, to acquire, at the cost of the life-blood of those who love and are dear to us, men and women of a foreign nation who, i
n any case, will never love us.
It would be a day of untold blessing for the whole of humanity if the two nations once and for all would banish the idea of force from their mutua
l relationships;
the German nation is prepared to do this.
While boldly asserting the rights which the treaties themselves give us, I will, however, declare equally boldly that in future there will be for Germany no more territory conflicts between the two countries.
After the return of the Saar Basin to the Reich it would be insanity to think of a war between the two states. For such a war there could no longer be, from our point of view, any reasonable or moral excuse.
For nobody could demand that millions of young lives be des
troyed in order to correct the present frontiers. Such a correction would be of a problematical extent and even more problematical worth.
"The German nation has more than fulfilled its obligations with regard to disarmament. It is now the turn of the highly armed st
ates to fulfil similar obligations to no less extent."
Adolf Hitler, October, 14th, 1933
A LAST CHANCE APPEAL FOR PEACE
On August, 25th, days before the ou
tbreak of war, Hitler made a generous and comprehensive offer of a final understanding with England. On August, 27th, 1939, an emissary, Dahlerus, took these proposals to 10 Downing Street for presentation to Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Minister Lord Halifax. These proposals in essence were:
1. Germany would sign a Pact of Alliance with Britain
2. Britain would act as mediator with Poland for the return of Danzig and the corridor
to Germany with Poland being allowed the use of the port of Danzig.
3. Germany would guarantee the sovereignty of Poland.
4.
Agreement on Germany's confiscated colonies.
5. Adequate guarantees for the well-being of German minorities in Poland.
6. Germany would provide aid in the defence of the British Empire when called upon to do so.
Britain ignored these proposals choosing instead to guarantee Poland's unjust occupation and retention of territory given to her as 'victors booty' following the firs
t world war under the terms of the Versailles Treaty.
"I hope that the outside world will realise that Hitler's government has no idea of steering towards war, even though this has often been asserted abroad. As Adolf Hitler himself has said, Germany has no need of another war to avenge the loss of her military honour, because she never lost that honour. Germany does not want war of any kind. Germany wants real and abiding peace."
- Rudolf Hess
"I owe it to me position not to admit any doubt as to the possibility of maintaining peace. The peoples want peace. It must be possible for governments to maintain it
. We believe that if the nations of the world could agree to destroy all their gas and inflammatory and explosive bombs it would be a much more useful achievement than using them to destroy
each other."
- Adolf Hitler
"National Socialist Germany wishes for peace because it recognises
the simple fact that no war would be likely to subs
tantially to ameliorate the state of distress in Europe.
The distress would probably be made the greater thereby....
If only the leaders and rulers had wanted peace, the people would never have wished for war."
- Adolf Hitler
"The Fuhrer is one of the soldiers who fought in the trenches. I am one also. Nearly all the Fuhrer's collaborators are men who fought in the most terrible war
of all time. We know what war is, and for that reason we are lovers of peace."
Rudolf Hess
"The world which we are not harming in any way, and from which we only ask that it will allow us to go about our business in peace, has been submerging us for months under a
flood of untruths and calumnies."
- Adolf Hitler, 14th, October, 1933
&
quot;The German Government has the honest intention to do everything
in its power to discover and permanently set up such relations
with the British people and State a
s will forever guard against
a renewal of the only conflict that has ever been between two peoples."
- Adolf Hitler, May,21st, 1935
"As far as concerns our two countries, there is no longer any point whatsoever in dispute between Great Britain and Germany.
This, I believe, became clear to everybody after the conclusion
of the German-English Naval Pact, on June,18th, 1935,
which marks the first step on the road to a practical peace policy."
Adolf Hitler, June,18th, 1935
Agreeing to limit German naval strength to just 35% of Royal Navy tonnage -
in respect of her Empire commitment -
and 15% below that of France, he said:
"There has only been one struggle between these two nations,
and the German Government has the straight-forward
intention
to try and for
m, and maintain, a relationship with the British people
and State which will for all time prevent a repetition of this."
"The British Heir Apparent, h
is Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
recently uttered a word which has called forth a warm re-echo
in our country.
He said: 'No one is more fitted to stretch out the hand of friendship
to Germany than we, the English ex-servicemen who fought them -
and have forgotten all that.'
"I believe that I cannot better supplement this thought
of our English comrades than by saying:
We gladly grasp your hand in friendship."
Adolph Hitler
:Swastika2:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No human person could have tried harder to make
accomodations acceptable to all parties.
What Hitler did not know was that Britain and America
were already ZIONIST
and cemented to the action of WAR !
He was bitterly disappointed by the re
fusal of
the Allies to make PEACE.
He knew
then that it was a loss for Germany
but he stood up and fought to the end
to prevent another Versailles.
In Valhalla he sits on a throne.
:sun:
http://www.ety.com/HRP/booksonline/witness...withis_ch08.htm
HITLER ON PEACE
"There is not a single German who wants war. The last war cost us 2 million lives and seven and a half million wounded. At such a price, this could not have been a victory even if we had won.
What European statesman today could effect a territorial conquest by means of war? Is it necessary to kill 2 millions in order to conquer a territory with 2 million inhabitants? For us that would mean sacrificing 2 million Germans - the flower of the nation's manhood - in exchange for a mixed p
pulation that is neither wholly German nor has much in common with Germany. Sound common-sense is opposed to such a war."
- Adolf Hitler, Paris Soir, January,26th,1936
"If the Germany of to
day takes her stand on the side of peace she does so not because of weakness or cowardic
e. She takes her stand on the side of peace because of the National Socialist conception of People and State. In each and every war for the subjugation of an alien people, National Socialism recognises a process which sooner or later will alter the inner nature of the victor - will weaken him and therewith render him vanquished in turn. Setting aside a mere transitory weakening of the enemy, the European states have nothing whatsoever to gain from war of any kind, except a trifling alteration of frontiers which could be entirely out of proportion to the sacrifices entailed.
The blood that was shed on European battlefields during the past 300 years bears no proportion to the national result of the events. I
n the end France has remained France, Germany Germany, Poland Poland and Italy Italy." -
Adolf Hitler, 'The Thirteen Points', Reichstag Speech
"The German Government are ready i
n principle to conclude pacts of non-aggression with their neighbour states, and to supplement these pacts with al
l provisions aiming at the isolation of the war-maker and the localisation of the areas of the war."
- Adolf Hitler, 'The Thirteen Points', Reichstag Speech
Referring to the original aims of the Geneva Red Cross Convention to work towards reducing armaments, Hitler stated his intention to extend this. "..... In this instance the German Government have in mind to ban all arms which bring death and destruction not so much to the fighting soldiers but to non-combatant women and children.... they believe that it will be possible to proscribe the use of certain arms as contrary to international law and to excommunicate from the community of mankind - its rights an
d its laws - those nations who continue to use them."
- Adolf Hitler, 'The Thirteen Points', Reichstag Speech
"Three times I have made concrete offers for armament restricti
on. These offers were rejected. The greatest offer which I then made was that Germany and France together should reduce their standing armies to 300,000 men; th
at Germany, Great Britain and France, should bring down their air forces to parity and that Germany and Great Britain should conclude a naval agreement. Only the last offer was accepted as real limitation of armaments.
The other German proposals were either flatly refused or where answered by the conclusion of those alliances which gave Central Europe to Soviet Russia as the field of play for its gigantic forces."
"If the rest of the world entrenches itself in indestructible fortresses, builds enormous flying squadrons, gigantic tanks and casts huge guns, it cannot consider it a menace if German National Socialists march in co
lumns wholly unarmed, thereby giving visible expression of the German feeling of national community and providing it with effective protection. .... the German nation and the German Government have not
asked for arms at all, but only for equality of rights.
But if every other nation is allowed to have certain arms, we are on principle not prepared to allow ourselves to be e
xcluded from this rule as a nation with lesser rights!
The German nation has more than fulfilled its disarmament obligations. It is now the turn of those states that have been increasing their armaments to fulfil their own obligations in the same way. Germany has as much right to security as other nations."
- Adolf Hitler
"May the time not be far off when all other European nations will come to the realisation that the primary necessity is putting an end to the quarrels and strife of centuries and of building up of a finer community of all peoples is: The recognition of a higher common duty arising
out of common rights."
- Adolf Hitler
"MY FIRST PROPOSAL:
Germany demands at all costs equality with other nations, but it is prepared to renounce all further armame
nts if other nations will do the same. In other words, general disarmament down to the last machine-gun. This proposal was not even deemed worthy of the rest of the world as fit for a single discussion."
"I MADE A SECOND P
ROPOSAL:
Germany was willing to restrict her army to 200,000 men on the condition that other nations would do the same. This also was rejected.""I MADE A FURTHER PROPOSAL:
Germany was prepared, provided other nations wanted this, to renounce all heavy artillery, tanks, bombing planes and if necessary all types of aeroplanes. But this was also rejected."
"I WENT FURTHER and proposed to limit by international agreement all European armies to 300,000
men. This was also rejected."
I SUBMITTED STILL FURTHER PROPOSALS:
Limitation of all aircraft, abolition of air bombing and gas warfare, security
for those in non-warfare areas, abolition of at least all heavy artillery and tanks. All these proposals were also declined. All had been in vain."
Adolf Hitler
THE RHINELAND
The German re-occupation of the de-militarised Rhineland in 1936 is often held up as proof of Hitler's willingness to break his word. In fact, France was the first to break the Rhine Pact, and the Locarno and League of Nati
ons Agreements too, by signing a Pact with the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, thereby collaborating in an aggressive military build-up encircling Germany.
Hitler reminded the French that as early as winter, 1935/36, the Soviet Union, with which France was collaborating, was mobilising the world's largest army, tank and air forces along eastern Europe&#
39;s borders.
"Then a completely new state of affairs has been brought about and the political system of the Rhine Pact had been destroyed both in the letter and in the spirit.... wi
th a military pact with the Soviet Union exclusively directed against Germany and in violation of the Rhine Pact."
- Adolf Hitler
In the same speech, Hitler offered "to negotiate with France and Belgium for the establishment of a bilateral demilitarised zone, proposed the conclusion of a non-aggression pact between Germany, France and Belgium for a period of twenty-five years, invited England and Italy as guarantors with the same inclusion of the Netherlands sho
uld they so wish. He at the same time offered agreements with countries to the east of Germany."
Adolf Hitler, March, 1936
These proposals were rejected.
GERMANY PLEADS FOR PEACE
"I speak in the name of the entire German nation when I say that all of us most sincerel
y desire to root out an enmity whose sacrifices are out of all proportion to any possible gain.
The German people are convinced that their honour has remained pure and unstained upon
a thousand battlefields, just as they see in the French soldier only their ancient but glorious opponent. We, and the whole German nation, should all be happy at the thought that we could spare our children and our children's' children what we ourselves as honourable men have had to watch in the long and bitter years and have, ourselves had to suffer. The history of the last one hundred and fifty years, with all its varied changes and chances, should have taught both at least one lesson; that important and permanent changes ca
n no longer be purchased by a sacrifice of blood.
I, as a National Socialist, and all my followers, absolutely refuse, however, by reasons of our national principles, to acquire, at the cost of the life-blood of those who love and are dear to us, men and women of a foreign nation who, i
n any case, will never love us.
It would be a day of untold blessing for the whole of humanity if the two nations once and for all would banish the idea of force from their mutua
l relationships;
the German nation is prepared to do this.
While boldly asserting the rights which the treaties themselves give us, I will, however, declare equally boldly that in future there will be for Germany no more territory conflicts between the two countries.
After the return of the Saar Basin to the Reich it would be insanity to think of a war between the two states. For such a war there could no longer be, from our point of view, any reasonable or moral excuse.
For nobody could demand that millions of young lives be des
troyed in order to correct the present frontiers. Such a correction would be of a problematical extent and even more problematical worth.
"The German nation has more than fulfilled its obligations with regard to disarmament. It is now the turn of the highly armed st
ates to fulfil similar obligations to no less extent."
Adolf Hitler, October, 14th, 1933
A LAST CHANCE APPEAL FOR PEACE
On August, 25th, days before the ou
tbreak of war, Hitler made a generous and comprehensive offer of a final understanding with England. On August, 27th, 1939, an emissary, Dahlerus, took these proposals to 10 Downing Street for presentation to Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Minister Lord Halifax. These proposals in essence were:
1. Germany would sign a Pact of Alliance with Britain
2. Britain would act as mediator with Poland for the return of Danzig and the corridor
to Germany with Poland being allowed the use of the port of Danzig.
3. Germany would guarantee the sovereignty of Poland.
4.
Agreement on Germany's confiscated colonies.
5. Adequate guarantees for the well-being of German minorities in Poland.
6. Germany would provide aid in the defence of the British Empire when called upon to do so.
Britain ignored these proposals choosing instead to guarantee Poland's unjust occupation and retention of territory given to her as 'victors booty' following the firs
t world war under the terms of the Versailles Treaty.
"I hope that the outside world will realise that Hitler's government has no idea of steering towards war, even though this has often been asserted abroad. As Adolf Hitler himself has said, Germany has no need of another war to avenge the loss of her military honour, because she never lost that honour. Germany does not want war of any kind. Germany wants real and abiding peace."
- Rudolf Hess
"I owe it to me position not to admit any doubt as to the possibility of maintaining peace. The peoples want peace. It must be possible for governments to maintain it
. We believe that if the nations of the world could agree to destroy all their gas and inflammatory and explosive bombs it would be a much more useful achievement than using them to destroy
each other."
- Adolf Hitler
"National Socialist Germany wishes for peace because it recognises
the simple fact that no war would be likely to subs
tantially to ameliorate the state of distress in Europe.
The distress would probably be made the greater thereby....
If only the leaders and rulers had wanted peace, the people would never have wished for war."
- Adolf Hitler
"The Fuhrer is one of the soldiers who fought in the trenches. I am one also. Nearly all the Fuhrer's collaborators are men who fought in the most terrible war
of all time. We know what war is, and for that reason we are lovers of peace."
Rudolf Hess
"The world which we are not harming in any way, and from which we only ask that it will allow us to go about our business in peace, has been submerging us for months under a
flood of untruths and calumnies."
- Adolf Hitler, 14th, October, 1933
&
quot;The German Government has the honest intention to do everything
in its power to discover and permanently set up such relations
with the British people and State a
s will forever guard against
a renewal of the only conflict that has ever been between two peoples."
- Adolf Hitler, May,21st, 1935
"As far as concerns our two countries, there is no longer any point whatsoever in dispute between Great Britain and Germany.
This, I believe, became clear to everybody after the conclusion
of the German-English Naval Pact, on June,18th, 1935,
which marks the first step on the road to a practical peace policy."
Adolf Hitler, June,18th, 1935
Agreeing to limit German naval strength to just 35% of Royal Navy tonnage -
in respect of her Empire commitment -
and 15% below that of France, he said:
"There has only been one struggle between these two nations,
and the German Government has the straight-forward
intention
to try and for
m, and maintain, a relationship with the British people
and State which will for all time prevent a repetition of this."
"The British Heir Apparent, h
is Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
recently uttered a word which has called forth a warm re-echo
in our country.
He said: 'No one is more fitted to stretch out the hand of friendship
to Germany than we, the English ex-servicemen who fought them -
and have forgotten all that.'
"I believe that I cannot better supplement this thought
of our English comrades than by saying:
We gladly grasp your hand in friendship."
Adolph Hitler
:Swastika2:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No human person could have tried harder to make
accomodations acceptable to all parties.
What Hitler did not know was that Britain and America
were already ZIONIST
and cemented to the action of WAR !
He was bitterly disappointed by the re
fusal of
the Allies to make PEACE.
He knew
then that it was a loss for Germany
but he stood up and fought to the end
to prevent another Versailles.
In Valhalla he sits on a throne.
:sun: