“Germany has nothing to win in any European war. What we want is freedom and independence. Because of this desire we were ready to conclude pacts of non-aggression with all our neighbours.”

—  Adolf Hitler

Speech in the Reichstag (21 May 1935), quoted in The Times (22 May 1935), p. 18
1930s

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