The Archive · 1940

Nazis Seek to Destroy Britain, France

Dr. Ley Tells of Aims of — War to Labour Front

London, Mar, 25, Referring tà the hardships of the German people and army during the winter Dr. Robert Ley, Leader of the Labour Front, speaking at a camp on the Siegfried Line, declared it was a miracle that the spirit of the German. people was unbroken by these sufferings, according to the Berlin radio, "We in Germany are like the concrete of the Western Wall; the longer it lasts, the harder it gets," he declared, Many Germans at the beginning of the war felt depressed, but the depression had now gone, and nobody doubted that Germany would be victorious, The German aim, he added, was the complete annihilation of Britain and France—Reuter,

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