Berlin, May 5. jETERMINATION never to allow Germany's lead in armaments to be reduced was expressed by Herr Hitler in a review of the war situation before a specially-convened meeting of the Reichstag yesterday evening.
After stating that the Balkan campaign had cost Germany only 1,099 killed and 3,752 wounded, the Führer declared that "Germany and her allies represent a force superior to any possible combination, and the year 1941 will be inscribed in history as the greatest year of the rise of our nation."
Referring presumably to the United States, the Chancellor said "if Democratic agitators of a country to which the German people have never done any harm are counting on choking the National-Socialist state with the force of their system and material production there can only be one answer—the German people will never again experience a year like 1918."
"Force of arms," continued Herr Hitler, "will never make us yield, Jet alone break us, The German soldier will be given still better weapons this year and next year. I can assure you I face the future with perfect calm and the greatest confidence,"
He expressed thanks "to. Almighty God for allowing Germany to achieve such successes with so little loss of life," and added: "We can only beg Him not to forsake our people also in the future,"
"In this Jewish capitalistic age," the Fuhrer asserted, "the National-Socialist state stands out as a solid monument to common sense. The National-Socialist state will not only survive this war but will survive for a thousand years to come."
Herr Hitler described Mr, Winston Churchill's decision to send troops to Greece as "one of the famous strategical blunders of this war," and said that the temporary Italian reverses in Libya were caused by inferiority in tanks and anti-tank guns.
He informed the Reichstag that the attack on Yugoslavia and Greece was greatly facilitated by the sympathetic assistance of Hungary and the loyal attitude of Rumania, without which it would have been extremely dificult to carry out his plans in time, The Chancellor drew a definite distinction between the Greek people and "the thin top layer of leader's and a King who preferred to further British policy."
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