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Speech by [[Adolf Hitler to the Reichstag following the routing of the British Expeditionary Force(BEF) and the capitulation of France
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|publication_date= 19 July 1940
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|authors= Adolf Hitler
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|subjects= Germany, NSDAP Germany, World War II, Versailles Treaty
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|description = Speech by [[Adolf Hitler]] to the Reichstag following the routing of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the capitulation of France
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|image_caption= ARP Warden reads Adolf Hitler
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|note= An abridged version of this speech was produced as a leaflet in English translation headlined ''"Last Appeal to Reason"''. Several hundred thousand of the leaflets were dropped by Luftwaffe aircraft over British cities through July 1940.   
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|comment= Apart from fulmination against Jewish power and clear personal animosity between Hitler and the principal Allied nations' war leaders, the speech is most notable for its conciliatory tone. It outlines Germany's motivation in considerable detail and emphasises the punitive and completely unacceptable nature (to Germany) of the [[Versailles Treaty]]. It seeks dialogue, negotiation and the avoidance of all-out war. British reaction to the speech and the leaflet drop that followed it was insult and ridicule - See picture above
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Last appeal Tommy.jpeg
ARP Warden reads Adolf Hitler
Speech by Adolf Hitler to the Reichstag following the routing of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the capitulation of France

Disclaimer (#3)Document.png Speech  by Adolf Hitler dated 19 July 1940
Subjects: Germany, NSDAP Germany, World War II, Versailles Treaty
Example of: Transcript
Source: Internet Archive

An abridged version of this speech was produced as a leaflet in English translation headlined "Last Appeal to Reason". Several hundred thousand of the leaflets were dropped by Luftwaffe aircraft over British cities through July 1940.

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Apart from fulmination against Jewish power and clear personal animosity between Hitler and the principal Allied nations' war leaders, the speech is most notable for its conciliatory tone. It outlines Germany's motivation in considerable detail and emphasises the punitive and completely unacceptable nature (to Germany) of the Versailles Treaty. It seeks dialogue, negotiation and the avoidance of all-out war. British reaction to the speech and the leaflet drop that followed it was insult and ridicule - See picture above

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