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"Czechoslovakia provided Soviet Russia with landing fields for aircraft, thereby increasing the threat
against Germany." - Adolf Hitler
1936, Hitler sent notes to the British Government advocating outlawing bomber type airplanes and
bombing as a means of warfare. Anthony Eden defended the bomber as an 'effective and humane
police weapon,', in maintaining law and order among the unruly tribes in some of the British colonies.
On April,1st, 1936, Hitler's proposals for a European pacification plan for Europe were delivered to
the Geneva League of Nations. His proposals included the prohibition of the dropping of gas,
poisonous or incendiary bombs; the prohibition of dropping any bombs outside fighting fronts, the
prohibition of artillery weapons over 12 miles from battle zones.
"The German Government hereby declare themselves prepared to accede to every such arrangement
insofar as it is internationally valid."
He went on to say that he understood that Germany's economic prosperity caused problems, and put
forward a proposal that soon, after steps being taken for mutual disarmament: "There would be an
exchange of opinions on the economic situation in Europe."
As with all Germany's proposals for arms limitation, non-aggression pacts, the confinement of
weapons to battle zones, etc. these proposals was also ignored.
"As one who fought in the front line trenches to other front line soldiers throughout the world, as a
Leader of the German nation to the leaders of other nations, I ask: Must this thing be? With goodwill
and co-operation cannot we save humanity from this?" - Rudolf Hess
SPANISH COMMENT
"If the powers in Western Europe were not blind they would not hesitate to sign the Pact of Non-
Aggression suggested by Germany; a Pact which guarantees the peace of Europe for a period of
twenty-five years."
- The influential Spanish newspaper, A.B.C, three months before the outbreak of war
"The ex-soldiers who are now in the German Government honorably desire peace and understanding.
I appeal to the ex-servicemen and to men of goodwill in the governments of all nations to give us their
combined support in striving towards this goal. In peace we desire to build in common what is
destroyed in common through war." - Rudolf Hess. Speech to ex-soldiers, Konigsberg
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
population that is neither wholly German nor has much in common with Germany. Sound commonsense
is opposed to such a war." - Adolf Hitler, Paris Soir, January 26 th 1936
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