The Archive · 1941

British Spirit Too Strong for Hitler

Fuhrer Would Reconsider If He Could See Reaction To Bombing, Says Menzies

London, May 1.

"Hitler would say 'I shall never win this war' if he could see the bombed towns, cities and villages of this country," said the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies. at Swansea yesterday.

"Hitler would go back and reconsider his frightful policy. Virtue and courage is not the prerogative of a few. it is the universal character "f the people." said Mr. Menzies paying tribute to "all types and classes of people in Great Britain."

Germany invented the phrase "total war" meaning war on women, children, old men and defenceless citizens, "total war for us must mean war on everyone who. speaks the British tongue all over the world. and when our enemy has discovered he is dealing with one solid and resolute mass of the people of our race wherever they may live, I venture to believe he will begin to get doubts which will grow into fear, and fears which will grow into defeat."

—Reuter.

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