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According to unanimous reports from all over the Reich, the special news reports of the last few days have elevated the mood of the population considerably…Even though the people had been prepared for the announcement of a successful operation, the extent and wealth [Fülle] of the achievement nevertheless surpassed all expectations …The great successes of German warfare in the East have led a portion of the population to hope that the eastern campaign will end this year. It is often assumed that after Leningrad falls as expected in the next few days, any further resistance by the main Soviet forces which, as the news reports imply, continue, will be broken…[thus] undoubtedly sealing the fate of the collapsing Soviet regime. Once again, here and there deadlines such as ‘four to six weeks’ have been set for the end of the war against Russia.
From a secret report by the SS security service (22 Sept. 1941)Nuclear fission
By the fall of 1938, Germany had lost her contented face and National Socialism had shed its tranquil mask. Aided by the policy of appeasement employed by Britain and France, Hitler's government had considerably strengthened its foreign and domestic position by the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. As Germany continued to press for further territorial expansion in the face of British and French opposition, the specter of European war reappeared.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989
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