"When National Socialism first began its battle for the community of man, attempts were made to dissolve our party. The party survived and formed a new order in Germany. Today, it is Germany they wish to break up. This is the aim of Britain and France. but our reply will be the same."
He always had been ready, Herr Hitler continued, to conclude agreements, but Mr. Chamberlain determined after Munich to reach no more accords with Germany. Then, last year, the Western Powers, he said, "dropped their mask and declared war on Germany despite all our efforts at conciliation. Our enemies wanted war. Today I can tell Britain and France: You have offered us battle, you will have it."
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