Hitler's Peace Offers 1933-1940

Summary

This video by Zoomer Historian explores the narrative surrounding Adolf Hitler's supposed pursuit of peace before and during World War II. Arguing against the widely-held belief that Hitler was a warmonger, the video suggests that Germany attempted various peace proposals and diplomatic efforts with Western powers to prevent and resolve conflicts. Despite multiple peace offers, according to the video, these were largely ignored by countries such as France and Britain, leading to the escalation of war. The creator emphasizes that the video is a historical account without political bias, allowing viewers to draw their own conclusions on Hitler's intentions and the responses of the allied nations.

Highlights

• Hitler repeatedly proposed disarmament in exchange for peace in Europe, but received little response. ✌️
• Peace propositions included drastic armament limitations and mutual agreements, yet failed to materialize. 🚫
• Tensions were exacerbated by lack of trust and willingness from Western powers to engage with German proposals. ⚔️
• Alternative historical perspectives continue to fuel debates on whether peace could have been achieved. 💭
• Churchill’s promotion of war over Hitler’s alleged peace deals is a contentious historical topic. 🕵️‍♂️

Key Takeaways

• Hitler's peace offers extended from 1933 to the early years of World War II, yet were largely ignored or rejected by Western nations. 🌍
• Despite widespread belief, the video suggests Hitler sought peace, proposing disarmament and territorial agreements. 🕊️
• France and Britain purportedly disregarded multiple German proposals, which included disarmament and non-aggression pacts. 🇫🇷🇬🇧
• Adolf Hitler used his speeches to repeatedly express desires for peace, though met with skepticism internationally. 🎤
• Final reflections by Hitler and Hermann Göring portray them as victims of unwillingness from other nations to embrace peace. 🤔

Overview

The video explores a contentious historical perspective claiming Adolf Hitler sought peaceful resolutions to the tensions leading up to World War II. This perspective challenges the mainstream narrative of Hitler as a relentless warmonger by highlighting his diplomatic overtures to Western nations.

Various speeches and proposals by Hitler outlined disarmament and non-aggression pacts, suggesting an alternative motive focused on regional security rather than conquest. However, these offers received little engagement from France and Britain, who frequently met these overtures with skepticism or outright dismissal.

The content delves into Hitler’s frustration with Western leaders, portraying him, controversially, as seeking peace amidst growing conflicts. The narrative concludes by reflecting on historical interpretations of these events, urging viewers to consider the complexity of international relations leading up to the war.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Hitler's Early Peace Offers The chapter challenges the common narrative of Adolf Hitler as solely a warmonger by highlighting his early peace offers. It argues that Hitler, along with the Germans, sought peace both before and during World War II, contrary to popular belief that only paints him as aggressive. Hitler's stance was seeking peace in the west while desiring border adjustments in the east.
• 00:30 - 05:00: Hitler's Disarmament Proposal and League of Nations This chapter discusses Hitler's disarmament proposal and his relationship with the League of Nations. It starts with how Hitler made moves that appeared to demonstrate goodwill, specifically by renouncing claims to regions like Alasace-Lorraine in France and South Tyrol in Italy. These actions caused outrage among German nationalists who viewed it as a betrayal, though it signaled that Hitler had no intention of conquering Europe or making claims in the West. The chapter looks at what Hitler wanted from the West and his efforts to engage with Western powers as part of his strategic endeavors.
• 05:00 - 10:00: Hitler's Reaction to French and British Militarization The chapter discusses Hitler's interactions and reactions to the French and British militarization efforts prior to and during the early stages of World War II. It examines whether Hitler attempted to seek an understanding with Western powers before the conflict broke out and his efforts, if any, to resolve the conflict after it started. The chapter aims to present a historical account without political bias or personal opinions, leaving the interpretation of Hitler's intentions, whether aggressive or peaceful, to the reader.
• 10:00 - 15:00: Non-Aggression Pacts and Further Peace Proposals This chapter discusses the precarious situation Hitler found himself in after coming to power, emphasizing the lack of consensus on whether he was a peace-loving leader or an aggressor. It highlights the threat of Poland potentially invading in 1933 amidst a significant anti-German boycott.
• 15:00 - 20:00: Hitler's Renouncement of Territorial Claims The chapter discusses Hitler's initial stance on rearmament amid the European powers' military buildup following his rise to power. He proposed a halt to the arms race, suggesting that Germany was willing to both rearm and disarm if other European countries adhered to the same, as part of his speech on May 17, 1933, in the Reichstag.
• 20:00 - 25:00: Hitler's Proposal for Military Limitation The chapter discusses Hitler's proposal for military limitation, where Germany expresses its willingness to destroy its remaining weapons if neighboring countries do the same. It suggests Germany's readiness to renounce aggressive weapons given that other armed nations also commit to destroying theirs within a specified period, and such actions are supported by international agreements. The proposal also mentions Germany's willingness to join a non-aggression pact, emphasizing their intent of not planning any attacks.
• 25:00 - 30:00: 1939: Shift in British Politics and Romanian War Scare The chapter discusses the political dynamics in 1939 marked by Britain's political shift and the Romanian war scare.
• 30:00 - 40:00: Poland Negotiations and British Security Guarantees This chapter discusses the events surrounding Hitler's departure from the League of Nations and his subsequent proposal for improving international relations. On October 14th, Hitler left the League, claiming that agreements were unachievable. By December, he presented a new six-point proposal aimed at equalizing rights for Germany and limiting armament increases among fully armed states.
• 40:00 - 45:00: Hitler's Peace Offer to Britain Before War Outbreak The chapter discusses Hitler's proposed peace offer to Britain shortly before the outbreak of World War II. It highlights key aspects of the offer, such as ensuring moderate equality of rights for Germany that would not threaten other European powers, recognizing obligations for humane conduct in war, and eliminating certain weapons usage against civilians. The proposal includes a uniform general control system to observe and ensure compliance with these obligations, along with a guarantee among European nations to maintain unconditional peace.
• 45:00 - 55:00: Hitler's Peace Speech and Leaflet Campaign The chapter 'Hitler's Peace Speech and Leaflet Campaign' discusses the diplomatic efforts and negotiations involving Germany and its neighboring countries regarding military strength and non-aggression pacts. Hitler proposed renewing non-aggression pacts for ten years and suggested increasing the German Army's strength to 300,000 men to match the size of neighboring armies. Despite prolonged negotiations characterized by diplomatic exchanges, Germany's neighbors were essentially delaying without agreement, leading France to eventually reject the proposal outright.
• 55:00 - 65:00: Criticism of Allied War Attitude and Final Peace Offer The chapter discusses the criticism of the Allied powers' war attitudes during World War II. It highlights that the German demands led to a significant increase in military forces by France, Britain, and the Soviet Union, particularly by 1935. This escalation was perceived by Hitler as an isolation of Germany, leading him to believe that conscription was necessary as the country was in a 'Race Against Time'. The attitude of neighboring countries, such as Poland in 1933, demonstrated that it wouldn't take much for them to respond to Germany's militaristic moves.
• 65:00 - 75:00: Hitler and Göring's Reflections on Peace Efforts The chapter discusses the reflections of Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring on efforts towards peace amidst rising tensions and aggression against Germany. It highlights the pretext of a potential invasion of Germany in 1933, which was perceived as a preemptive strike. The chapter critiques the global perception of Germany, influenced by international press stories, and the sense of fear and hopelessness felt by Germans. It notes the implications of Germany's small army and the significance of the introduction of conscription by Hitler on March 16.
• 75:00 - 80:00: Conclusion In this chapter titled 'Conclusion,' a speech is given expressing the desire to eliminate certain highly destructive armaments, with the goal of making war practically impossible. On May 21st, it is noted that the German government is willing to actively participate in efforts to practically limit armaments. The government views a return to the former principles of the Geneva Red Cross Convention as the only feasible way to achieve this. They believe that initially, there would only be a possibility of gradually abolishing and outlawing specific weapons and methods of warfare.

Hitler's Peace Offers 1933-1940 Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 at first glance the second world war or at least The Narrative of it that is formed after the fact makes it seem as if Adolf Hitler was a crazed warmonger who wanted to conquer if not the world then at least Europe This is what people say at least this narrative however is hard to square with the fact that it was actually Adolf Hitler and the Germans not the British or the Americans who were the ones Desperately Seeking peace both before and during the war Adolf Hitler made his stance absolutely clear he wanted peace in the west and Border adjustments in the east where ethnic
• 00:30 - 01:00 Germans resided to prove his Goodwill on this matter Hitler explicitly wrote off alas line in France and South terol in Italy this move especially in the earlier days sent German nationalists into a frenzy and it seemed like a gigantic betrayal of ethnic Germans this of course doesn't make Hitler some kind of benevolent Angel but it certainly proves that he wasn't out to conquer Europe and he certainly had no designs of any kind in the west what then did Hitler want from the West in this video I'll examine Hitler's attempts to reach
• 01:00 - 01:30 an understanding with the West before the war and also his attempts to resolve the conflict once it had actually begun not being responsible for causing the war of course does not let you off the hook for anything that happened during the war before we begin though a quick disclaimer this video is purely a work of history and there no way shape or form political I will try to avoid giving my own opinion on matters in this video and will simply State what happened however you want to interpret events is entirely up to you if you come to the conclusion that Hitler was behaving in a mellian manner so that he
• 01:30 - 02:00 could invade the east at will or if you decide that he was some kind of peac loving angel or anything in between then that is entirely up to you please use common sense thank you once Hitler had come to power he of course knew that he was in a very precarious situation this of course would be proven quite right almost immediately when Poland was on the verge of invading during the Great worldwide anti-german boycott of 1933 this of
• 02:00 - 02:30 course was only the start as the Western Powers immediately began to rearm in the wake of Hitler's Ascension to stop this mad arms race that would certainly lead to war and almost certainly lead to German defeat especially with the current weakened post faide Germany Hitler stated plainly that he would not only rearm but actually disarm further if the other powers of Europe did the same on the 17th of May 1933 he delivered a speech in the right stag quote Germany will be perfectly ready to disband her entire mil Ary establishment
• 02:30 - 03:00 and destroy the small amount of arms remaining to her if the neighboring countries would do the same thing with equal foreignness Germany is entirely ready to renounce aggressive weapons of every sort if the armed Nations on their part will destroy their aggressive weapons within a specified period And if their use is forbidden by an International Convention Germany is at all times prepared to renounce aggressive weapons if the rest of the world does the same Germany is prepared to agree to any solemn pact of non-aggression because she does not think think of attacking anybody but
• 03:00 - 03:30 only of acquiring security end quote from the other powers of Europe there was of course no response to this schol for disarmament and the mass rearming continued the League of Nations however declared that if Germany wanted to discuss the question of disarmament then she would first have to pass through a so-called probation period to the Germans obviously this was ridiculous they would have to sit about and wait for this probation to end whilst the Western powers and their new Eastern neighbors contined to grow stronger and stronger as they rearmed in the wake of
• 03:30 - 04:00 this Hitler left the League of Nations in protest on the 14th of October declaring that it was impossible to come to any kind of agreement with that organization in December Hitler came forwards with a new proposal for an improvement of international relations on the 18th he put forward the following six points quote one Germany receives full equality of Rights two the fully armed States undertake amongst themselves not to increase their armaments beyond their present level three Germany adheres to this agreement freely undertaking to make only so much
• 04:00 - 04:30 actual moderate use of the equality of Rights granted to her as will not represent a threat to the security of any other European power four all states recognize certain obligations in regard to conducting war on Humane principles or to the elimination of certain weapons for use against the civilian population five all states accept a uniform General control which will watch over and ensure the observance of these obligations six the European nations guarantee one another the unconditional maintenance of peace Peace by the conclusion of
• 04:30 - 05:00 non-aggression pacts to be renewed after 10 years end quote in the wake of this proposal Hitler suggested that the German Army be allowed to increase her strength to 300,000 men which would correspond to the strength required by Germany quote having regard to the length of her Frontiers and the size of the armies of her neighbors end quote a protracted back and forth ensued in the form of notes between Germany and her neighbors the neighbors however were simply stalling for time this process went on for years until eventually France put it bluntly and said no to any
• 05:00 - 05:30 German demands this no was accompanied by a gigantic increase in the armed forces of France Britain and the Soviet Union especially by 1935 Hitler came to the conclusion that he had no other choice but to introduce conscription he felt Germany had been isolated and was now effectively in a Race Against Time as Poland in 1933 showed it didn't take much for his neighbors to come up with
• 05:30 - 06:00 the idea of invading Germany on the smallest pretext the 1933 pretext has simply been a preemptive strike and with all the stories circulating around the world regarding Germany it's safe to say they didn't have the best reputation whether such stories in the world press were scare mongering or accurate predictions is irrelevant either way they could very well lead to aggression against Germany the Germans obviously would feel a sense of dread and indeed with a small army hopelessness at these developments following the introduction of conscription on March the 16th Hitler
• 06:00 - 06:30 made another speech expressing his desire to eliminate certain highly destructible armaments which would in his mind make war practically impossible and then on the 21st of May quote the German government is ready to take an active part in all efforts which may lead to a practical limitation of armaments it regards a return to the former idea of the Geneva Red Cross Convention as the only possible way to achieve this it believes that at first there will be only the possibility of a gradual abolition and outlawry of weapons s and methods of warfare which
• 06:30 - 07:00 are essentially contrary to the Geneva Red Cross convention which is still valid just as the use of Dum Dum bullets was once forbidden and on the whole thereby prevented in practice so the use of other definite armaments should be forbidden and prevented here the German government has in mind all those arms which bring death and destruction not so much on the fighting soldiers as to non-combatant women and children the German government considers as erronous and ineffective the idea to do away with airplanes while leaving the question of bombing open but it believes it possible
• 07:00 - 07:30 to prescribe the use of certain arms as contrary to international law and to excommunicate those Nations which still use them from the community of mankind its rights and laws it also believes that gradual progress is the best way to success for example there might be prohibition of the dropping of gas incendiary and explosive bombs outside the real Battle Zone the limitation could then be extended a complete International outlawry of all bombing but so long as bombing as such is permitted any limitation of the number of bombing planes is questionable in
• 07:30 - 08:00 view of the possibility of Rapid substitution should bombing as such be branded as a barbarity contrary to international law the construction of bombing airplanes will soon be abandoned as Superfluous and of no purpose if through the Geneva Red Cross convention it turned out possible as a matter of fact to prevent the killing of a defenseless wounded man or prisoner it ought to be equally possible to forbid by an analogous convention and finally to stop the bombing of equally defenseless civilian populations in such a fundament way of dealing with the
• 08:00 - 08:30 problem Germany sees a greater reassurance and security for the Nations than in all packs of assistance and Military conventions the German government is ready to agree to any limitation which leads to abolition of the heaviest arms especially suited for aggression such are first the heavy artillery and secondly the heaviest tanks in view of the enormous fortifications on the French Frontier such an international abolition of the heaviest weapons of attack would ipof facto give France 100% security Germany declares her ready to agree to any
• 08:30 - 09:00 limitation whatsoever of the caliber strength of artillery battleships Cruisers and torpedo boats in like manner the German government is ready to accept any International limitation of the size of Warships and finally it is ready to agree to limitation of tonnage for submarines or to the complete abolition in case of international agreement and it gives further assurance that it will agree to any International limitations or abolition of arms whatsoever for a uniform space of Time end quote there was no response to this speech instead France made a military alliance
• 09:00 - 09:30 with the Soviet Union which obviously was aimed at Germany the following month however the anglo-german naval agreement was signed which stated that the German Navy should have a maximum strength of 35% of the British one Hitler claimed that he did this as he had quote neither the intention nor the means nor was it necessary end quot to enter into a naval rivalry with England as had taken place before the Great War earlier in the year 2 after the sand was returned to Germany by pde Hitler itated his renouncement of
• 09:30 - 10:00 any claim to alsas Lorraine in order to come to an arrangement with France from the 1st of March quote it is our hope that through this act of just compensation in which we see a return to Natural reason relations between Germany and France have been permanently improved therefore as we desire peace we must hope that our great neighbor is ready and willing to seek peace with us it must be possible for two great peoples to join together and collaborate in opposing the difficulties which threaten to overwhelm Europe end quote [Music]
• 10:00 - 10:30 in Western Germany lays the Rin land and at this time it was still demilitarized under the terms of the Treaty of versailes with this new Franco Soviet Alliance the ryin land thus became a giant gate through which the French army the greatest in Europe could simply sweep in the Rand itself of course was the very industrial Heartland of Germany at a stroke the French could essentially [ __ ] Germany militarily with this logic in mind Hitler decided on a great gamble whilst the world was busy throwing a fit about melini's invasion of Ethiopia he sent his woefully
• 10:30 - 11:00 underprepared army into the Rin land on the 3rd of March 1936 if there were any french counter moves the fur's orders were to beat a hasty Retreat the entire ordeal was one great Bluff and it worked the German Army marched across the r to Roaring cheers from their fellow countrymen with this gate for the French now closed Hitler once again made a speech in which he expressed his desire for a settlement of all the issues which the Western Powers may have with Germany on the 31st of March 1936 the following peace plan was formulated quote one in
• 11:00 - 11:30 order to give the future agreement securing the Peace of Europe the character of inviable treaties those Nations participating in the negotiations do so only on an entirely equal footing and as equally esteemed members the sole compelling reason for signing these treaties can only lie in the generally recognized and obvious practicability of these agreements for the Peace of Europe and thus for the social happiness and economic prosperity of the Nations two in order to in the economic interest of the European
• 11:30 - 12:00 nations the period of uncertainty the German government proposes a limit of 4 months for the first period up to the signing of the packs of non-aggression guaranteeing the Peace of Europe three the German government gives the Assurance not to add any reinforcements whatsoever to the Troops in the Ryland during this period always provided that the Belgian and French governments act in the same way four the German government gives the Assurance not to move during this period closer to the Belgian and French borders the troops at present stationed in the r land five the
• 12:00 - 12:30 German government proposes the setting up of a commission composed of the two guarantor Powers Britain and Italy and a disinterested third neutral power to guarantee this assurance to be given by both parties six Germany Belgium and France are each entitled to send a representative to this commission if Germany France or Belgium think that for any particular reason they can point to a change in the military situation having taken place within this period of four months they have the right to inform the guarantee Commission of their observations seven Germany Belgium and
• 12:30 - 13:00 France declare their willingness in such a case to permit this commission to make the necessary investigations through the British and Italian military attaches and to report thereon to the powers participating eight Germany Belgium and France give the assurance that they will bestow the fullest consideration to the objections arising there from nine moreover the German government is willing on a basis of complete reciprocity with Germany's two Western neighbors to agree to any military limitations on Germany's Western Frontier 10 Germany Belgium and France
• 13:00 - 13:30 and the two guarantor Powers agreed to enter into negotiations under the leadership of the British government at once or at latest after the French elections for the conclusion of a 25-year non-aggression or security Packa between France and Belgium on the one hand and Germany on the other 11 Germany agrees that Britain and Italy shall sign the security pact as guarant all powers once more 12 should special engagements to render military assistance arise as a result of these security Arrangements
• 13:30 - 14:00 Germany on her part declares her willingness to enter into such engagements 13 the German government hereby repeats its proposal for the conclusion of an air pact to supplement and consolidate these security agreements 14 the German government repeats that should the Netherlands so desire it is willing to include that country too in this Western Security pact 15 in order to stamp this peace pact voluntarily entered into between Germany and France as the reconciliatory conclusion of a centuries old dispute Germany and France pledged themselves to take step to see that in the education
• 14:00 - 14:30 of the young as well as in the press and publications of both Nations everything shall be avoided which might be calculated to poison the relationship between the two peoples whether it be a derogatory or contemptuous attitude or improper interference in the internal affairs of the other country they agree to set up at the headquarters of the League of Nations of Geneva a joint commission whose function it shall be to lay all complaints received before the two governments for information and investigation 16 in pursuance of their intention to give this agreement the character of a sacred pledge Germany and
• 14:30 - 15:00 France undertake to ratify it by means of a pleite into the two Nations 17 Germany expresses her willingness on her part to establish contact with the states on her Southeastern and Northeastern Frontiers in order to invite them directly to conclude the paack of non-aggression already proposed 18 Germany expresses her willingness to reenter the League of Nations either at once or after the conclusion of these agreements at the same time the German government again expresses as its expectation that after a Reon able time and by the method of friendly
• 15:00 - 15:30 negotiations the question of colonial equality of Rights and that of the separation of the Covenant of the League of Nations from its foundations in the visai treaty will be cleared up 19 Germany proposes the setting up of an international Court of arbitration which shall be responsible for the observance of the various agreements and whose decisions should be binding on all parties after the conclusion of this great work of securing European peace the German government considers it urgent to Endeavor by practical measures to put a stop to the unlimited competition in Armament in her opinion
• 15:30 - 16:00 this would mean not merely an improvement in the financial and economic positions of the Nations but above all a dimunition of the psychological tension the German government however has no faith in the attempt to bring about Universal settlements as this would be doomed to failure from the outset and can therefore be proposed only by those who have no interest in achieving practical results on the other hand it is of the opinion that the negotiations held and the results achieved in limiting Naval armaments should have an instructive and stimulating effect the German government
• 16:00 - 16:30 therefore proposed that future conferences shall have one clearly defined objective for the present it believes the most important task is to bring aerial Warfare into the moral and Humane atmosphere of the protection afforded to non-combatants or the wounded by the Geneva Convention just as the killing of defenseless wounded or prisoners or the use of dumb Dum bullets or the waging of submarine warfare without warning have either forbidden or regulated by International conventions so it must be possible for civilized Humanity to prevent the sense less abuse of any new type of weapon without
• 16:30 - 17:00 running counter to the object of warfare the German government therefore puts forward the proposal that the immediate practical task of this conference shall be one prohibition of dropping gas poison or incendiary bombs two prohibition of dropping bombs of any kind whatsoever on open towns and Villages outside the range of the medium Heavy Artillery of the fighting fronts three prohibition of the bombarding with Long Range Guns of towns more than 20 km distant from the Battle Zone Four I believe and probation of the
• 17:00 - 17:30 construction of Tanks of the heaviest type five abolition and probation of artillery of the heaviest caliber as soon as possibilities for further limitation of armaments emerge from such discussions and agreements they should be utilized the German government thereby declares itself prepared to join in every such settlement in so far as it is valid internationally the German government believes that if even a first step is made on the road to disarmament this will be of enormous importance to the relationship between nations and to the recovery of confidence trade and
• 17:30 - 18:00 prosperity in accordance with the general desire for the restoration of favorable economic conditions the German government is prepared immediately after the conclusion of the political treaties to enter into an exchange of opinions on economic problems with the other nations concerned in the spirit of the proposals made and to do all that lies in its power to improve the economic situation in Europe and the world economic situation which is closely bound up with it the German government believes that with the peace plan proposed above it has made its contribution to the rec construction of a new Europe on the
• 18:00 - 18:30 basis of reciprocal respect and confidence between sovereign states many opportunities for such a pacification of Europe for which Germany has so often in the last few years made her proposals have been neglected may this attempt to achieve European understanding succeed at last the German government confidently believes that it has opened the way in this direction by submitting the above peace plan end quote the response to this peace proposal was minimal only Britain came back with a scornful questionnaire which avoided any of the key points of the plan shortly
• 18:30 - 19:00 after the plan's announcement the British and the French began regular military staff talks just as they had done before the Great War the hysteria about Germany had not been without backlash back home in 1937 Neville Chamberlain a man who favored an accommodation with Germany so that peace could be secured became prime minister of the United Kingdom it would be he that would save Europe from another fratid civil war in 19 38 rather than
• 19:00 - 19:30 Hitler himself the Czechs had whipped up a bizarre fake crisis in which Germany was supposedly about to invade this of course wasn't true regardless the Czechs mobilized for war and a great crisis ensued Hitler was by this point rather blackpilled to use a modern term he was quite ready to go to war no matter the odds and he vacillated between this option and peace seemingly daily Chamberlain however offered something solid in the form of a conference to resolve the matter headed by himself and Bonito molini a man who Hitler of course greatly admired Chamberlain it seemed
• 19:30 - 20:00 was a man who was actually serious about peace and so Hitler accepted the conference resulted in the return of the ethnically German sedan land to Germany and the entire crisis essentially blew back in the face of Edward Benes the Czech prime minister Chamberlain and Hitler together signed the following document quote we have had a further meeting today and have agreed in recognizing that the question of Anglo German relations Is of the first importance for the two countries and for Europe we regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo German Naval
• 20:00 - 20:30 agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again we are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries and we are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of difference and thus to contribute to assure the Peace of Europe September 30th 1938 signed Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain end quote two months later Hitler had foreign minister ribbon trop reach a s ilar vague agreement with France the same France
• 20:30 - 21:00 that had joked about bombing Germany to Pieces during the Czech crisis quote Heron ribbon trop Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs and Monir George Bonet French Minister of Foreign Affairs acting in the name of and by the order of their governments are at their meeting in Paris on December the 6th 1938 agreed as follows one the German government and the French government fully share the conviction that peace and good neighborly relations between Germany and France constitute one of the most ESS Essential Elements for the consolidation of the situation in Europe
• 21:00 - 21:30 and the maintenance of General peace the two governments will in consequence use all their efforts to ensure the development of the relations between their countries in this direction two the two governments recognize that between the two countries there is no territorial question outstanding and they solemnly recognize as final the Frontiers between their countries as they now exist three the two governments are resolved while leaving unaffected their particular relations with the other powers to remain in contact with regard to all questions concerning their
• 21:30 - 22:00 two countries and mutually to consult should the latter evolution of these qualities lead to International difficulties in token whereof the representatives of the two governments have signed the present declaration which comes into immediate effect done in two original documents in the French and German language respectively in Paris December 6th 1938 end quote in 1939 the situation in Britain had completely changed Neville
• 22:00 - 22:30 Chamberlain's honorable mission of Peace had instead been painted by men like Churchill as appeasement and giving into the bully Hitler himself didn't help matters when he took advantage of the collapse of the frankly artificial czechoslovak State and proclaimed the protectorate of bohemia and Moravia this gave Churchill and his fellow paid agitators the best ammunition they could possibly hope for and Chamberlain situation became untenable the Prime Minister was a good man but not a very self-confident one and from here on out his foreign policy was impulsive and
• 22:30 - 23:00 disastrous any false War scare was taken at face value back in Britain before the disolution of Czechoslovakia the Romanian War scare had rather tipped matters over the edge already Richard Tor writes of the war scare in Romania at length in his book Hitler's Revolution quote in March Berlin negotiated a commercial agreement with Bucharest in exchange for favorable options to purchase grain and oil the Germans proposed sending Engineers to Romania to reorganize the agrarian economy and build modern refineries to
• 23:00 - 23:30 boost oil production the arrangement was advantageous to both countries it corresponded to Hitler's program to release Germany from dependency on overseas markets he himself stated I don't want free trade open borders that all sounds wonderful but we've had it if everything depends on the Queen of the Waves if we're subject to a blockade then it's my duty to create the prequisite for my people to provide their own nourishment that's the real issue Chamberlain's cabinet discussed the velopments in Bucharest at the session on March the 18th 1939 the Prime
• 23:30 - 24:00 Minister described Germany's economic talks as a threat to Romanian independence with military advisers present the cabinet speculated that German domination of Romanian trade would augment the reich's political influence in the Balkans this could spread to Greece and Turkey endangering Britain's position in the Eastern Mediterranean and near East under these circumstances the cabinet had to decide whether Germany's economic advantages from the trade agreement with Bucharest warrant the need for Britain to take
• 24:00 - 24:30 action the a de Mo prepared for the meeting by the minister for coordination and defense stated that England's only recourse was to start a war in the west the cabinet weighed armed aggression as an option to block a harmless economic compact between two European states end quote at around the same time Virgil TOA a Romanian Diplomat in London suddenly rushed around like a headless chicken screaming that a German invasion of his country was imminent TOA said that Germany had issued an Al made them to the Romanians that if Romania did not
• 24:30 - 25:00 hand over complete control of Romania's Agriculture and Industry then they would invade there was no basis for this claim and Germany was of course 300 miles from Romania they didn't even remotely have a common border how Germany would invade was not considered the British Ambassador in Bucharest Reginald Hall said that quote there was not a word of Truth in it the Romanian foreign minister said that talks with Germany were quote on completely normal lines as between equals end quot regardless of all this the Brits believed to layer the
• 25:00 - 25:30 London times and Daily Telegraph began to pump out stories talking of the imminent German invasion on the 18th of March Chamberlain read out H's Telegram in that day's cabinet session despite the contents of this report the PM said that Romania was quote most probably the next victim of a German aggression end quote the permanent under Secretary of the foreign office Alexander kadigan said that Taya probably collaborated with advisers in the British foreign office to ensure that quote Panic was artificially raised and an quote this could very well have been a man on the
• 25:30 - 26:00 payroll of the focus like Churchill these matters took place at the worst possible time Hitler was currently negotiating a deal with Poland to arrange the return of Danzig the entirely ethnically German free City on the Baltic now suddenly Britain impulsively threw herself into the mix and soon enough had issued security guarantees to Poland Romania Greece turkey and more this completely threw a wrench in Hitler's negotiations with Poland the polls now foolishly as it turned out felt the themselves now able to Simply deny any offer made by the
• 26:00 - 26:30 Germans a deal before the guarantee seemed as if it might just have come off Hitler had asked for Danzig alone to be returned and a narrow road and rail passage to connect Germany to East Prussia that was it the polls in return could keep control of the economic and Railway facilities in Danzig on top of this ribbon trop promised to quote joint policy toward Russia on the basis of the anti-common turn impact and quote this was essentially an alliance offer against Poland's Arch Enemy the Russians Patrick JB Canan says in his book
• 26:30 - 27:00 Churchill Hitler and the unnecessary War quote the role he had in mind for Poland was that of partner in his new order in Europe Italy and eventually Hungary and Romania would accept this role to Hitler's astonishment Poland refused end quote the refusal was almost entirely down to the British guarantee War now effectively became inevitable the poles isolated as they were On The Fringe of civilized Europe were willing to reject whatever came their way and expected the West to bail them out this of course was fantasy or at least semi- fantasy the
• 27:00 - 27:30 West would join the war they would not however try to save Poland Poland was merely an excuse the result of a spare of the- moment decision by Chamberlain and a propaganda campaign by Churchill and the focus War became ever closer as polish and transient stepped up and the mistreatment of the G minority within Poland's borders followed sued in fact an air of overconfidence swept across the Polish ruling cague and the foreign minister had openly boasted that the Polish Army would be in Berlin with mere weeks there was of course a part of
• 27:30 - 28:00 Hitler that wished to flatten the polls and teach them a lesson but obviously the man was no idiot and peace was preferable he reached out to the English on the 23rd of August as the Clock Was ticking down and once again reasserted his position in the West in response to rumors that he wanted to invade the low countries and France qu a correction of the borders in the west are out of any consideration end quot Hitler again reiterated his age-old offer of disarmament he was prepared to quote except a reasonable limit of armaments in accordance with the new political
• 28:00 - 28:30 situation and economic requirements end quote finally and most amazingly the fura offered the British an outright Alliance this was of course a pipe dream but England as Hitler called them had for years now been Hitler's dream Ally the agreement quote would not only on the German side in any case Safeguard the existence of the British Empire but if necessary would guarantee German assistance for the British Empire irrespective of where such assistance might be required end quote Hitler was offering German divisions to defend the
• 28:30 - 29:00 British Empire no matter where on Earth such defense might be needed this was quite an offer of course though the British would never accept such a thing in the current situation and so nothing came of it the same day a pack of assistance was signed between Britain and Poland instead War as we know came on the 1st of September Hitler had expected the Allies to not stand by their guarantee to Poland at least that's what ribbon trop was feeding him regardless the Allies declared war and Hitler was utterly taken ab and could then look up to ribbon trop who had just given him the news and say what now the
• 29:00 - 29:30 fura was now at war with his dream Ally the polls however were quickly overrun by the German Blitz creig and effectively ceased to be a real fighting force within a week there was never any British plan to save them the entire ordeal had been a pretext on the 6th of October the now Victorious Hitler gave a lengthy speech about his desire for a new European peace which again is worth quoting in full due to its immense historical value quote by far the most important task in my opinion is the creation of not only a belief in but
• 29:30 - 30:00 also a sense of European security one for this it is necessary that the aims of the foreign policy of each European State should be made perfectly clear as far as Germany is concerned the right government is ready to give a farough and exhaustive Exposition of the aims of its foreign policy in doing so it begins by stating that the Treaty of asai is now regarded by it as obsolete in other words that the government of the German Reich and with it the whole German people no longer see cause or reason for any further revision is of the treaty apart from the demand for adequate
• 30:00 - 30:30 Colonial possessions justly due to the Reich involving in the first place a return of the German colonies this demand for colonies is based not only on gery's historical claim to her colonies but above all on her Elementary right to a share of the world's resources of raw materials this demand does not take the form of an ultimatum nor is it a demand which is backed by force but a demand based on political Justice and sane economic principles two the demand for a real Revival of intern AAL economic life coupled with an extension of trade and
• 30:30 - 31:00 commerce presupposing a reorganization of the international economic system in other words of production in the individual states in order to facilitate the exchange of the goods thus produced however a new system of markets must be found and a final settlement of currencies arrived at so that the obstacles in the way of unrestricted trade can be gradually removed three the most important condition however for the Revival of economic life in and outside of Europe is the establishment of an unconditionally guaranteed peace and of
• 31:00 - 31:30 a sense of security on the part of the individual Nations this Security will not only be rendered possible by the final sanctioning of the European status but Above All by the reduction of armaments to a reasonable and economically tolerable level an essential part of this necessary sense of security however is a clear definition of the legitimate use and application of certain modern armaments which can at any given moment strike straight at the heart of every nation and hence create a permanent sense of insec Security in my previous speeches in the right stag I made proposals with
• 31:30 - 32:00 this end in view at that time they were rejected presumably for the simple reason that they were made by me I believe however that a sense of National Security will not return to Europe until clear and binding International agreements have provided a comprehensive definition of the extent to which the use of certain weapons is permitted or forbidden the Geneva Convention once succeeded in prohibiting in civilized countries at least the killing of wounded the ill treatment of prisoners War against non-combatants Etc but just
• 32:00 - 32:30 as it was possible gradually to achieve the universal observance of this statute a way ought surely to be found to regulate aerial Warfare the use of poison gas of submarines Etc and also so to Define Contraband that war will lose its terrible character of a conflict waged against women and children and against non-combatants in general the growing horror of certain methods of Modern Warfare will of its own accord lead to their abolition and thus they will become obsolete in the war with Poland I endeavored to restrict aerial
• 32:30 - 33:00 Warfare to objectives of military importance or only to employ it to combat resistance at a given point but it must surely be possible to emulate the Red Cross and drawing up some universally valid International regulation it is only when this is achieved that peace can Reign particularly on our densely populated continent a peace which uncontaminated by suspicion and fear will provide the only possible condition for real economic Prosperity I do not believe that there is any responsible Statesman in Europe who does not in his heart
• 33:00 - 33:30 desire prosperity for his people but such a desire can only be realized if all the nations inhabiting this continent decide to work together to assist in ensuring this cooperation must be the aim of every man who is sincerely struggling for the future of his own people to achieve this great end the leading Nations on this continent will one day have to come together in order to draw up accept and guarantee a statute on a comprehensive basis which will ensure for them a sense of security of calm in short of Peace such a conference could not possibly be held
• 33:30 - 34:00 without the most fough preparation I.E without exact elucidation of every point at issue it is equally impossible that such a conference which would determine the fate of this continent for many years to come could carry on its deliberations while cannons are thundering or mobilized armies bringing pressure to Bear upon it since however these problems must be solved sooner or later it would surely be more sensible to tackle the solution before millions of men are first uselessly sent to their death and billions of dollars were of property destroyed the continuation of
• 34:00 - 34:30 the present State of Affairs in the west is Unthinkable each day will soon demand increasing sacrifices perhaps the day will come when France will begin to bombard and demolish saren the German artillery will in turn lay mous in Ruins France will retaliate by bombing car's rwer and Germany in her turn Shell's Strasburg then the French artillery will fire at fryberg and the Germans at Colmar or schlekat longrange artillery will then be set up and from both sides destruction will strike deeper and
• 34:30 - 35:00 deeper and whatever cannot be reached by the long-range artillery will be destroyed from the air and that will be very interesting for certain International journalists and very profitable for the airlane arms ammunition manufacturers Etc but apping for the victims and this battle of Destruction will not be confined to the land no it will reach far out over the sea today there are no longer any islands and the national wealth of Europe will be scattered in the form of shells and the Vigor of every nation will be sapped on the battlefields one day however there will again be a frontier between Germany and France but
• 35:00 - 35:30 instead of flourishing towns there will be ruins and endless graveyards end quote the Allies did not reply after a lengthy phony War Winston Churchill lord of the admiralty organized an invasion of Norway and considered an invasion of Sweden to cut off Germany's iron ore Supply and supposedly to help Finland this drastic move was quick picked up on and mere hours before the British attack the
• 35:30 - 36:00 Germans launched their own preemptive strike and swept into Norway this of course ended the phony war and on the same day that Winston Churchill became prime minister the German panzas headed west and in 5 and a half weeks France had fallen before the fateful day of May 10th the Allies had been planning an operation in the west themselves and their tanks were ready to sweep across Belgium into Germany thus why they were encircled so easily When The War Began Hitler spoke of this too at length in his later speech on the on the 19th of July Hitler addressed the right stag and
• 36:00 - 36:30 discussed the causes of the war the war itself including the Norway debacle and then promoted a number of senior German officers for their performance in the French campaign the topic of the speech eventually got to that of peace and in fact unconditional peace unconditional peace not unconditional surrender the peace offer was then translated into English and printed onto a four-page leaflet whereupon German aircraft dropped them all over civilian areas of Britain from Wales in the west to DOA in the east this leaflet bombing took place despite the fact that British bombers
• 36:30 - 37:00 since the 10th of May upon Churchill's orders have been indiscriminately bombing German civilians the furer wanted peace not war this was not a hidden fact and the British people knew it and the tide was turning against Churchill even the British cabinet was now split on the matter why fight a pointless War they fought Neville Chamberlain wanted peace Lord Halifax wanted peace Lord Beaverbrook wanted peace Halifax even called the peace most reasonable this conclusion was so obvious that Halifax took Church into the garden of number 10 to try and
• 37:00 - 37:30 personally persuade him for the sake of European civilization he knew that the European people did not want or need another fratid civil war regardless Hitler's peace speech was as follows his last appeal to reason as the leaflet is titled quoting it in full would be ridiculous as the full speech goes on for forever but the relevant parts are worth hearing on his daning offer the fury said quote I must in this context refer to my own person no other Statesman could have afforded to propose a solution to the German nation in the way I did it comprised merely the return
• 37:30 - 38:00 of Danzig that is to say of an ancient purely German City to the Reich as well as the creation of a connection of the Reich to its severed Province and this only pursuant to pites conducted in turn under the aaces of an international Forum if Mr Churchill or any other warmongers had but a fraction of the sense of responsibility I felt towards Europe they could not have played so perfidious a game for it need be ascribed solely to these vested interests in war both within Europe and
• 38:00 - 38:30 beyond that Poland rejected the proposals which neither compromised its existence nor its honor and instead resulted to Terror and arms and it was truly superhuman restraint without precedent which for months led us in spite of persistent assassination attempts on ethnic Germans yes indeed in spite of the slaughter of tens of thousands of German Nationals to continue to search for a path towards peaceful understanding end quote he continued on regarding the 2nd of September offer from Bonito musolini who once again stepped into the role of
• 38:30 - 39:00 Peacemaker much as he had done at Munich quote on September 2nd this struggle could yet have been avoided musolini made a proposal to put an immediate end to the hostilities and to negotiate peacefully though Germany saw its armies advancing victoriously I accepted this nonetheless but the anglo-french warmongers needed War not peace end quote while sweeping into France a German soldier came across a treasure Trope of Allied files whose authenticity was so certain due to them being annotated by the Allied Leaders
• 39:00 - 39:30 themselves Hitler spoke on them quote they will above all demonstrate how these coldblooded politicians and military men have used all these small peoples as a means to an end how they tried to subject Finland to their interests how they determined to make Norway and Sweden the theater of war how they plan to set fire to the Balkans to procure the assistance of a 100 divisions from there how they prepared to bomb Batum and Baku under the cover of a shrewd as well as unscrupulous reading of Turkish neutrality in favor of their own interests how they spun
• 39:30 - 40:00 their web around the Netherlands and Belgium pulling its strings constantly together and finally engaging them in general staff agreements as well as many other things end quote on the topic of the Allied Leaders using any excuse possible to continue the war at all costs quote thus they hurriedly and eagerly declared that any thought of an understanding was a waste of time yes that this would even have to be regarded as a crime the war had to be pursued in the name of culture Humanity Good Fortune progress civilization and good God even in the name of sacred religion
• 40:00 - 40:30 and in subservience to this end even Negroes and Bushmen had to be mobilized and then of course Victory would come about of its own accord so to speak it would then be within grasp one need only reach out for it so they said I was very well aware of all this myself and indeed had known it for a long time and it was only because of this that I had laid before the world might appeal for peace and quote the furer then went on to recount the events in Norway way and in France at length at one point he simply
• 40:30 - 41:00 stated what his foreign policy goals had been quote ever since there has been a national socialist regime its foreign policy has embraced two goals one bringing about a true understanding and friendship with Italy and two bringing about the same relationship with England my party comrades you know that I was as driven by these conceptions 20 years ago as I was later I have dealt with and defended these ideas as a journalist and in my speeches countless times as long as I'm myself was a mere opposition leader in the Democratic Republic I
• 41:00 - 41:30 immediately undertook as soon as the German people entrusted me with its leadership to realize these oldest goals of National Socialist foreign policy in Practical terms it still saddens me today in spite of all my Endeavors I have not succeeded in obtaining this friendship with England which I believe should have been a blessing for both peoples and especially because I was not able to do so despite my persistent sincere efforts and quote Hitler then laid out what he saw as the selfishness of the Allied warong as he often termed them before turning to his last appeal for reason his peace
• 41:30 - 42:00 offer quote for peace was all I asked of France and England in October but the gentlemen War profiteers wanted a continuation of this war at all cost they have it now still all I hear from London of cries not the cries of the masses but of the politicians that this war must now all the more be pursued I do not know if these politicians have an inkling of how this war is in fact to be pursued they declare that they will continue this war and should England fall then they will do so from Canada I do not believe this means that the English people will all immigrate to
• 42:00 - 42:30 Canada but rather that the gentlemen war profiteers will all Retreat to Canada by themselves I fear the people will have to remain behind in England and assuredly they will see the world with different eyes in London than their so-called leaders in Canada believe me my deputies I feel an inner disgust at this type of unscrupulous parliamentarian annihilators of peoples and states it is almost painful for me to have been chosen by Providence to give a shove to what these men have brought to the point of falling it is not my ambition to wage Wars but to
• 42:30 - 43:00 build up a new social state of the highest culture and every year of War takes me away from my work and the cause of this robbery is those ludicrous zeros whom one could at best call Nature's political run of the mill in so far as their corrupted vess does not brand them as something out of the ordinary Mr Churchill has repeated the Declaration that he wants War about 6 weeks ago now he launched this war in an arena in which he apparently believes he is quite strong namely in the air war against the civilian population albid beneath the
• 43:00 - 43:30 deceptive slogan of a so-called war against military objectives ever since fryberg these objectives have turned out to be Open Cities markets Villages residential housing hospitals schools kindergartens and whatever else happens to be hid up to now I have given little by way of response this is not intended to Signal however that this is the only response possible or that it shall remain this way I am fully aware that that with our response which will one day will come will also come the
• 43:30 - 44:00 nameless suffering and Misfortune of many men naturally this does not apply to Mr churel himself since by then he will surely be secure in Canada where the money and the children of the most distinguished of War propers have already being brought but there will be great tragedy for millions of other men and Mr church should make an exception and place trust in me when as a prophet I now proclaim a great world Empire will be destroyed a world Empire which I never had the ition to destroy or as much as harm alas I am fully aware that
• 44:00 - 44:30 the continuation of this war will end only in the complete shattering of one of the two Waring parties Mr Churchill May believe this to be Germany I know it to be England in this hour I feel compelled standing before my conscience to direct yet another appeal to reason to England I believe I can do this as I am not asking for something as the vanquished but rather as the Victor I am speaking in the name of reason I see no compelling reason which could force the continuation of this War I regret the
• 44:30 - 45:00 sacrifices it will demand I would like to spare my nation I know the hearts of millions of men and boys glow at the thought of finally being allowed to wage battle against an enemy who has without reasonable cause declared war on us a second time but I also know of the women and mothers at home whose Hearts despite their willingness to sacrifice to the last hang on to this last with all their might Mr Churchill May well belittle my declaration again crying that it was nothing other than a symptom of my fear or my doubts of the final Victory still I will have an easy conscience in view
• 45:00 - 45:30 of things to come end quote Hitler was reiterating his earlier peace offer which guring had given directly to the British no changes in the west Poland would be restored minus the formerly German lands and the only changes would be effectively a reversal of Versa in the East this offer of course was now somewhat Complicated by the fact that the Germans had beat the British to the punch when it came to dragging the Soviets into the frey by simply making a better offer that being the east of Poland the speech too was far from perfect the tone came off arrogant and belittling which perhaps was Hitler's
• 45:30 - 46:00 right given that he was now Lord of all Europe This was perhaps not the best strategy to appeal to the British public but regardless it did have a huge effect to counter this Winston Church ordered the first bombing of Berlin in a bid to get Germany to respond if Hitler were to respond by bombing British population centers he reasoned he could rally the nation behind him the public of course would not know who bombed who first they would only care that bombs were raining down on their heads guring knew the speech wouldn't work and Geral too expressed his doubts quote for the
• 46:00 - 46:30 moment the fury does not want to accept that this is indeed Britain's response he is still minded to wait a while after all he appealed to the British people and not to Churchill end quote the British people however were not consulted the bombs continued to rain down on German women and children and soon enough Hitler felt himself forced to respond it was now too late there were often feelers put out from Germany but nothing in the way of Hitler's serious peace offers again Europe was about to commit suicide and with church at the helm there was nothing anyone
• 46:30 - 47:00 could do to stop it the world would never be the same [Music] again amongst thousands of others Adolf Hitler himself and Herman guring would reflect on the earlier efforts at peace from his bunker the furer dictated his final political Testament of peace and of those who he believed to be guilty of the War mostly the Jews in this case he wrote quote it is not true that I or anyone else in Germany wanted the war in
• 47:00 - 47:30 1939 it was desired and instigated exclusively by those International Statesmen who were either of Jewish origin or who worked for Jewish interests I have made too many offers for the control and limitation of armaments which posterity will not be able to disregard forever for the responsibility for the outbreak of this war to be laid on me I have furthermore never wish that after the first disastrous War a second should arise against England much less against America centuries will pass away but after the ruins of our cities and
• 47:30 - 48:00 monuments the hatred will continually grow and new against the people that is ultimately responsible and for whom we have to thank for all this International jewry and its helpers three days before the outbreak of the German polish War I again proposed to the British Ambassador in Berlin a solution to the German polish problem one similar to the solution that had been applied in the case of the SAR territory involving International supervision that proposal likewise cannot be denied it was rejected only because the leading circles in English politics wanted the war partly on account of the hoped for
• 48:00 - 48:30 business opportunities and partly prompted by the propaganda organized by International jury I have also left no doubt that if the nations of Europe were once again to be treated as mere objects of Commerce to be brought and sold by these International conspirators in money and finance then the people that is really guilty of this murderous conflict will also be held accountable jury moreover I left no one in doubt that this time millions of European children of the Aryan nations were not going to starve and millions of grown
• 48:30 - 49:00 men were not going to suffer death and hundreds of thousands of women and children were not going to be burned and bombed to death in cities without the real guilty ones having to atone for their guilt even if by more Humane means and quote Herman guring would Express similar sentiments in a letter that was found on his body addressed to Winston Churchill this war could not be avoided because the politics of Great Britain under the influence of your person and of your friends of like opinions in all fields persisted constantly to hinder the life interests and the most natural
• 49:00 - 49:30 development of the German people and filled with the scile ambition to uphold the British hemony preferred the second world war to an understanding as we on our side had tried time and again to bring about beneficial to both of the most prominent nations of Europe I declare here with once more and most emphatically that the guilt of the German people in this war into which they were forced by you consists solely in trying to end the Eternal difficulties to their National existence which you artfully instigated and continued end quote and so Europe is now
• 49:30 - 50:00 in her current situation would it have been worse had Churchill Anders CLE accepted the gy and offers of Peace there is I'm sure a case to be made for both that will be shared extensively in the comment section of this video as stated at the beginning I will not give my own opinion and have simply laid out events as they took place thank you very much for watching I hope you enjoyed this video and if you do want to support the channel then please do consider signing up to my patreon subscribe star or as a YouTube member in one of the links in the description without these kind subscriptions I simply would not be
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