“England, unlike in 1914, will not allow herself to blunder into a war lasting for years… Such is the fate of rich countries… Not even England has the money nowadays to fight a world war. What should England fight for? You don't get yourself killed for an ally.”

—  Adolf Hitler

14 August 1939, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
1930s

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