RESPONSIBILITY FOR WAR
PLACED ON GERMAN SHOULDERS NAZI OFFICER’S ADMISSION (United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Eeccived April 29, 9.40 a.m. RUGBY, April 28. No one in Britain, and probably few outside Germany, ever doubted upon whose shoulders rested the responsibility for the present war, but it is interesting to note that a similar conclusion is admitted by a German officer. In spite of a claim by the Nazi Foreign Minister (Herr von Bibbentrop), on April 2t’, that the Al,jie.s forced the war on Germany, a broadcast on April 20 by a German officer gave a different view. He said: “On January 24 the Fuehrer, addressing 7000 Germans just about to be commissioned as officers, stated that Germany has to demand the same sacrifices from her soldiers as in previous wars. He said that this war was bound to come at some time, and the Fuehrer wanted to conduct this war while he was still alive, as it would be cowardly to shoulder the next generation with this struggle. 5- ' This also confirms Hitler’s statement to the British Ambassador (Sir Nevile Henderson) during the negotiations prior to last September that he could not wait for the war 1 ill he was older.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 127, 29 April 1940, Page 7
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