Hitler's Table Talk

184 ARMAMENTS — TWO KINDS OF WEALTH
hiding the discharge of the shot from the enemy, for in any
case there's no means of protecting oneself against it.
I didn't realise that ricochet firing had such a destructive
effect. Keitel has always favoured that technique.
A shell from one of our field-guns, which weighs only sixteen
kilos, produces on the enemy the effect of a heavy shell.
In the technique of armament, we shall always be superior
to the others. But we ought to preserve the lesson of history
and take care, after the war, not to allow the others to penetrate
our secrets. No new invention will be permitted to be
published without a special authorisation issued by an office
set up for this purpose—even as regards countries with which
we're linked by agreements.
96 6th January 1942, midday
The corruptive practices of Freemasonry—Daladier,
Chamberlain and the warmongers—The fictitious value of
gold—The catastrophe of 1940—The scapegoat.
I've realised one thing. The worst of Freemasonry is not so
much the philosophic side as the fact that it's an immense
enterprise of corruption. It's a handful of men who are
responsible for the war.
Churchill's predestined opponent was Lloyd George. Unfortunately,
he's twenty years too old. The critical moment
was when Chamberlain and Daladier returned from Munich.
Both of them should have seen very clearly that the first thing
to do was to dissolve their parliaments. If Daladier had
organised an election, the fire-eaters would have been routed.
The whole people would have approved of the peace-policy.
But it was only a respite, and the agitators were not slow to
raise their heads again.
England and France are engaged in losing what in our eyes
is only a fictitious wealth—that is to say, gold and foreign
holdings. Their true wealth, which nobody can take away from
them, is their human potential (but on condition that it's used
in such a way as to exploit the country's natural resources).
This war will have helped to originate one of the world's