"National Socialism Will reshape the World Adolf Hitler the symbols and the leaders change, but Germany's Will on others... ..continue from generation to generation." "In the last 75 years, this magnum has cost the World... ..more than 20 million killed, more than 60 million Wounded... ..more than 200 million made homeless." "this does not include the untold millions that died of disease... ..resulting from War." "Or the billions upon billions of dollars Worth of property destroyed." "Nor does this include the grief... ..the anguish... ..the misery......the terror that the World has sufered." "Due to the German's insane passion to enforce their rule upon their neighbors." "this passion for conquest, reached its histerical climax... ..When Adolf Hitler enthroned himself as God and the German Führer" "What fantastic dreams Was this humorless man dreaming" "..as he stood at Nürnberg and looked down on his fanatic followers." "In the MiddleAges, a plague of slavery descended on the World." "Out of the Wilds of Mongolia, came a mighty army of fierce horsemen... ..led by Djengis Khan." "Burning, looting, pillaging." "the Barbarian horde swept across Asia and Eastern Europe." "Djengis Khan conquered most of the World of the 13th century" "Adolf Hitler Was determined to outdo him... ..and conquer all of the World of the 20th." "Set up at Munich Was an institute devoted to the little known... ..science of geo politics." "Vaguely defined as the military control of space." "Germany's leading geo-politician a former General... ..Karl Haushofer, Was head man." "Here Was gathered together more information about your home town... ..than you yourself know to the German geo-politician the World is not made up of.... ..men, and Women and children Who live and love and dream of better things." "It is made up of only two elements labor and raw materials." "It is made up of only two elements labor and raw materials." "the geo-politicians job Was to transform Hitler's ambition to control... ..these elements into cold hard reality." "On their map, our planet is neatly divided into land and Water." "Water forms 3/4 of the earth's surface, land only 1/4." "And in that 1/4 of the earth's surface, lies the World's Wealth." "All its natural resources." "And the World's manpower." "Control the land and you control the World." "that Was Hitler's theory." "this all important land, the geo- politicians now break up into two areas." "One the Western hemisphere, Which together With Australia and all the.... ..islands of the World including Japan, comprises 1/3 of the land area." "the other area, Which consists of Europe, Asia and Africa... ..makes up the other 2/3." "this Super Continent Which they call the World Island.... ..is not only twice as large as the rest of the World.... ..but also includes 7/8 of the World's population." "the heart of his World Island, comprises eastern Europe and most ofasia." "this they call the Heart Land." "Which just about coincides With the old Empire of Djengis Khan." "Hitler's step by step plan for World conquest can be summarized this Way" "Conquer eastern Europe... ..and you dominate the Heart Land." "Conquer the Heart Land... ..and you dominate the World Island." "Conquer the World Island... ..and you dominate the World." "that Was the dream in Hitler's mind, as he stood at Nürnberg." "With page and pageantry the district leaders from all over Germany.... ..swore personal allegiance to him, hypnotized by the belief..... ..that they Were members of a master race." "this film Will deal With act one of the Nazi bid for World power." "the most fantastic play in all recorded history." "Hitler had seen Hirohito grab off Manchuria and other... ..territories from the Chinese." "He had Watched Mussolini get away With the rape of Ethiopians." "He had seen the democratic World look the other Way, While... ..these illegal aggressions Were going on." "And he smiled." "For collective acts of peace, the only Weapon he had to fear... ..had broken down." "It Was time now for the Nazis to start crossing borders." "It Was time for Hitler to put his plan into action." "And What Was he Waiting for?" "." "He Was Waiting to soften up his victims, keep them from uniting." "Demoralize the enemy from Within by surprise, terror, sabotage... ..assassination. that is the War of the future. --Hitler" "For his softening up process, he sent his agents all over the World... ..disguised as tourists, students and commercial travelers." "Pay-off men like Ribbentrop came too." "Pay-off men like Ribbentrop came too." "to buy, threaten and form local fascist parties." "Such as Degrelle and his Rexist Party in Belgium." "Hagelin in Czechoslovakia." "Seyss-lnquart for the National Socialists in Austria." "In Britain, Sir OsWald Mosley offered himself to the people as a Hitler... ..With a mocks of accents." "In other Words, I'm told that Hitler is mad." "Well, I've got another theory myself." "Until the day When they Would make easy, Hitler's actual invasion.... ..these subversive fascist organizations provoked riots... .and rebellions creating scenes like these in France." "Scenes like these in Belgium." "And Where do you think this is?" "." "Right in Madison Square Garden, U.S.A." "And this is Fritz Kuhn." "Leader of a German/American Bund... ..hiding behind the American flag but taking his orders from Berlin... ..and copying the methods of Berlin." "that Was the softening up process outside Germany." "But, inside Germany it Was a different story." "Here, in up-most secrecy, the hardening up process." "Building up Hitler'sArmy and his industry tell the World We have no raw materials... ..and never let them see What goes on." "Day after day, night after night, month after month, year after year." "We must have the World's most powerful club." "Forget hours, forget how to think." "Forge the club of blood and iron." "And let the Democracies talk about freedom." "No freedom here." "No labor unions." "No overtime." "the Führer tells you Where to Work." "When to Work." "how long to Work." "how much your Work is Worth." "Forge the club of blood and iron." "We have a sacred mission." "today We rule Germany... ..tomorrow the World." "For those Who don't like it you don't eat." "Or you disappear into a concentration camp." "Or you get this." "And this is the man Who gives it to you." "And What of the Army?" "." "Before Hitler came into power, the German Army, by treaty... ..Was limited to 100 thousand men." "But treaties to the Germans, have always been something to ignore." "these 100 thousand men Were, in reality, 100 thousand... ..highly trained officers." "the men Who lead the Nazi regiments today." "But Hitler didn't merely ignore the treaty, he tore it up." "And in 1935, ordered National Conscription." "Simultaneously, he ordered German youth to become air-minded." "toy gliders filled the air." "As the youth grew bigger, so did the gliders." "Soon these same youths Were trained pilots, flying new planes... ..the factories Were producing." "the Luftwaffe Was being assembled." "the only thing old about this new army Was the goosestep." "And even Hitler couldn't improve on that ancient form of German torture... ..designed to make man stop thinking and blindly obey" "Goosestep them until they become an insensible as Weapons." "Everything else Was new." "tanks, motorized equipment and one of our own inventions." "the dive bomber." "All this rearmament Was strictly illegal to the Versailles treaty." "And the next illegal step Hitler took... ..Was to march his troops into the Rhineland." "A strip of land between Germany and France, demilitarized... ..after the last War as a precaution against future German aggression." "But Hitler's plan of eastern conquest, demanded a barrier against... ..democratic action in the West." "So Hitler demilitarized the Rhineland and began building the... ..formidable Siegfried Line." "A chain of forts and defenses 450 miles long and in some places... ..30 miles Wide." "Germany had fought one, two-front War and didn't Want another" "As many as 1/2 a million men Worked at least 20 hours a day... ..to build 22 thousand fortified positions on land... ..Where, by treaty, no German soldier Was suppose to set foot." "Hitler had his Siegfried Line, he had his equipment... ..he had his army." "now to unveil the German might, and terrorize his intended victims... ..into submission." "General staffs all over the World, anxiously awaited the report... ..of their military attaches." "A Would-be peaceful World learned that a vast military power had... ..materialized out of nowhere." "A power controlled by one man, Who tore up treaties... ..as We tear up tickertape." "I am Willing to sign anything." "I Will do anything to facilitate... ..the success of my policy." "Hitler interview October, 1933" "Satisfied that they had created the right sense of fear in the World... ..the Nazis got ready to strike, the hour had come." "It Was time to start conquering eastern Europe... ..according to the plan of Hitler's geo-politicians." "It Was time to Win the domination of the Heart Land." "Who Was the first victim to be?" "." "Naturally, the softest, Austria." "Bite off just enough... ..not to set the World against you." "On March the 12th, 1938, Without Warning," "..the German armies marched over the Austrian border." "It Was merely only a full-scale invasion test and Hitler rode in triumph... ..into Vienna." "Even the very name of Austria disappeared from the map... ..though Hitler had promised earlier to the World:" "the assertion that it is the intention of the German Reich to coerce... ..theAustrian State is absurd Adolph Hitler, January 30, 1934" "Why Was Austria important to Hitler?" "." "It put him on the southern flank of Czechoslovakia... ..and Czechoslovakia Was the key to the control of eastern Europe." "the German Chancellor Bismarck explained that years ago When he said... ..He Who Would conquer Europe, must first toll the bastions of Bohemia." "And Bohemia Was now part of Czechoslovakia." "But Czechoslovakia Was tough." "It had a good army." "It had good equipment." "It had one of the finest ammunition plants in the World... ..the Skoda Works, Which Hitler Wanted very badly." "It had incorrupt able President Benes." "It had a military alliance With France and France had a military... ..alliance With Britain." "Find excuses to take Czechoslovakia one piece at a time." "He found his excuse in the Sudetenland." "the portion of Czechoslovakia bordering Germany." "Here lived some people of German origin, although they had never been... ..a part of Germany itself." "that Was Hitler's cue." "Completely ignoring the fact that most people Who left Germany.." "..had done so to get away from things like Hitler." "He sprang his pet theory, that every person of German blood... ..no matter Where he lives, belongs to the Nazi Reich." "Germans or descendants of Germans." "Often With no more than a drop... ..of German blood in their veins, suddenly learned they Were God-like." "Not subject to the land in Which they live or... ..to Which they owe their allegiance... ..Whether it be Czechoslovakia...." "Norway." "sweden." "China." "the United States ortimbuktu." "According to the Nazis the German Was a special creature Who Would remain... ..forever German of the 6th and 7th generation and must take his... ..orders from Berlin." "Some people We know of German decent think this is a lot of hogwash." "Lieutenant General Walter Krueger" "Senator Robert Wagner" "Wendell Willkie" "Henry J. Kaiser" "Including 15%% of any group like this." "But in the Sudetenland he found some stooges Who fell for this bunk." "Conrad Hemline Was their bush-league Führer the people of the Sudetenland Were told they should be liberated." "they Were told Hitler Was their liberator." "the Nazi smuggled over their standard softening-up equipment, blackjacks." "And When the Czechs Were beaten up trying to combat his 5th Columnists... ..Hitler screamed the Germans Were being persecuted and threatened... ..War, unless he got the Sudetenland." "It is the last territorial claim I have to make in Europe." "I have assured Mr. Chamberlain, and I repeat it here... ..that When this problem is solved, there is for Germany no further... ..territorial problem in Europe." "We Want no Czechs." "to the League of Nations, Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov... ..announced that Russia Was ready to back... ..considered action against Germany." "But once again, there Was no considered action." "the Czechs mobilized and closed their borders." "the leaders of France and Britain desperately stride to avoid War... ..flew to meet the jubilant Axis leaders at Munich." "On September 29, in return for Hitler's guarantee of World peace... ..Chamberlain and Daladier prevailed upon Czechoslovakia to give up.... ..the Sudetenland Without a fight." "In Czechoslovakia the Munich Pact Was greeted by riots of protest." "But Daladier returned to France to be greeted by cheers... ..from a relieved French people." "And in Britain, a happy Chamberlain came back declaring he had... ..achieved peace, peace in our time." "One of the most tragic and ironic scenes in all history." "this morning, I had another talk... ..With the German Chancellor Herr Hitler, and here is the paper..." "..Which bears his name upon it as Well as mine." "the agreement Was signed last night... ..and theAnglo-German Naval Agreement as symbolic... ..of the desire of our two peoples never to go to War With one another again." "PEACE in OUR time" "Chamberlain" "Peace....it Wasn't peace." "the Nazis hadn't nearly dropped 3 million more souls... ..under the German flag." "By taking the Sudetenland, they had made Czechoslovakia defenseless." "For in this territory lay the natural defenses." "the mountain ranges and a defensive line of forts... ..considered even stronger than the Maginot Line." "Without these fortified cautions, Czechoslovakia Was disarmed." "A ripe plum ready to fall into Hitler's lap." "Within 6 months of declaring that he Wanted no more territory anywhere." "Hitler violated the Munich agreement, marched in... ..and took the Whole of the Czech State." "though he had specifically promised:" "I have no further interest in the Czechoslovakian State, that is... ..guaranteed." "We Want no Czechs Adolph Hitler September 26, 1938" "..guaranteed." "We Want no Czechs Adolph Hitler September 26, 1938" "Austria and Czechoslovakia Were gone Without a fight." "And Hitler Was getting his control of eastern Europe." "Poland Was next on the map." "the tired old men of Munich, now knew, that there could be no peace... ..in our time." "If an attack Were made... ..to change the situation by force... .. in such a Way dares to threaten Polish independence... ..Why then, that Would inevitably start a general congregation... ..in Which this country Would be involved."" "But after his success in Munich, Hitler Was sure... ..that France and Britain Would not fight." "Here is What one of his spokesman said:" "Democracy has no convictions for Which people Would be Willing... to stake their lives." Dr. Ernst Hanftstaengl" "But What about the Russians?" "." "the lights began to burn all night in moscow." "British and French military missions arrived to confer... ..With the Soviet government." "So did a German representative." "And on August 21, 1939, the World Was set on its heels by the announcement... ..of a treaty between the Russians and the Germans in Which they.." "..agreed not to fight each other" "Here Were the admitted arch-enemies in a state of apparent friendship." "It Was too fantastic to make any sense....it didn't." "the Germans hoped they could lull Russia into a false sense of security." "And the Russians needed to prepare for the fight they knew Was coming." "they'd read Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" too..... ..and knew he had his eyes on the rich Russian land." "the acquisition of new soil Was to be obtained only in the East." Mein Kampf" "Confident that Russia Was safely pigeon-holed, and that the... ..democracies Would not fight." "the Nazis started singing their... ..favorite theme song, that all people of German blood belong to them." "And picked Danzig as their excuse for the gobbling up of Poland." "Danzig a free city, self-governing under the League of Nations... ..Was an important seaport at the head of the Polish corridor." "Poland's access to the sea." "the same old softening process had gone on here." "Local stooges, armed by Germany, began to terrorize the city." "Hitler demanded Danzig in the Polish corridor or else... ..Poles Will Fight for Danzig the people of Poland prepared for the inevitable." "Although they knew that Britain and France had guaranteed their borders... ..they also knew those countries Were a long Way off." "Germany's theft of Czechoslovakia had make Poland's strategic position... ..even Worse." "Carpathian Mountains, Poland is relatively flat and loW-lying." "the Vistula is the Mississippi of Poland." "It is broad, muddy and unafordable for most of its length." "It tributaries are formidable streams during certain seasons." "But there Was a drought, and the streams Were so low during the... ..campaign that they could be forded at almost any point, by men... ..trucks and tanks." "Militarily the Vistula offered the best line of defense." "however making a stand here Would have meant surrendering... ..WarsaW, the richest part of the country." "the alternative Was to accept battle on the border." "that Was the Polish decision." "the Nazi plan Was an enormous pincher movement... ..aimed at encircling the mass of the Polish army." "Secondary pincher movement Were to encircle any Polish groups... ..Which escaped the main trap." "the last two Weeks in August, the German armies moved... toward the Polish border, Where they assembled 70 Divisions.... ..many of them armor." "From a military standpoint, the Poles Were hopelessly outclassed... ..by their predatory neighbor they managed to mobilize barely 30 Divisions, made up of... ..infantry or horse cavalry." "In two important respects, the difference Was staggering." "the Nazis 5000 modern tanks, Poland 600 non descript tanks." "the German Luftwaffe, 6000 modern planes... ..the PolishAir Force, less than 1000 of inferior types." "the German Army secretly made ready." "the Way of living for the next thousand years Was to be decided." "the fire that had begun in Manchuria... ..and spread through China and Ethiopia... ..and Spain Would now blaze around the World." "this man made that decision." "War!" "Precisely at dawn on September 1, Without Warning... ..the German Wehrmacht rolled over the Polish borders." "Before the invasion Was 30 minutes old, the planes of the Luftwafe... ..Were over Poland, Wiping out the Polish Air Force... ..most of it caught flat-footed on the ground." "Most planes that did not get of, faced overwhelming odds... ..and Were shot out of the sky" "Fire-flying Nazi squadrons ranged deep into Poland... ..destroying communications, radio stations, power plants... .. highways, bridges, railroads." "the Polish Army Was disorganized by the loss of itsAir Force... ..and the destruction of communications." "the mass ground unties of the Nazi Army continued their advance." "Occasionally they unveiled a new technique on the arrival of equipment." "For example, advanced units of the German 4th Army crossed the... ..Vistula in a new type of storm boat." "the Polish retreat developed alarming tendencies... ..the powerful German 10thArmy, Which Was to form the southern claw.." "..of the great Nazi pinchers, Was advancing With its five armored... ..divisions on either flank." "On September 6th, the opposing Poles began splitting into two groups.... ..the southern one falling back toward the Vistula... the armored Divisions on the German right raced ahead.... ..circling Radome and cutting of this group, Which finally surrendered." "meanwhile further north, the main Polish mass... ..began drifting toward Lodz." "the German Command, receiving that this opened a gate toward WarsaW... sent the northern Nazi armored units racing through the gap... ..to the Polish capital." "the infantry advanced in forced marches of 35 miles a day... ..and two days later relieved the Panzers above WarsaW." "the city Was now cut off." "West of warsaw, the main Polish Armies Were encircled." "Under terrific pressure on the ground, and pounded coarsely from the air.." "..they began to disintegrate." "they fought on With high personal courage... ..but Without airplanes, Without communications, cut off from... ..their general staff, the isolated Polish groups Were forced to surrender... ..one by one." "But WarsaW still resisted." "the heroic strains of the Polonaise, told an incredulous World... ..that the people of warsaw, led by Mayor Kaczynski, had erected... ..a Wall of courage around their city defying Hitler's dam nest." "Stopped cold by the city's desperate resistance... ..the Nazis Were forced to send for heavier artillery." "the only source of such artillery Was Germany's Western front." "With great secrecy, the giant 240 mm haubitzers.... ..Were towed at high speed across the highways, Which Hitler had built... ..for just such purposes and set into position around WarsaW." "the huge guns subjected the city to a bombardment of incredible fury their fire concentrated on the densely populated residential areas." "For 20 days of death and horror... ..every man, Woman and child fought to save his city." "But Without food or Water, human endurance fails." "On September the 27th, the strange but colonialism died on the warsaw radio... ..and the Polish capital Was forced to capitulate." "now all Polish resistance Was at an end, except here... the Westerplatte port, opposite Danzig." "this small island of stubborn defiance, had stood up under the fire of... ..German Warships from the first day" "Its guns silenced, its ports shattered, it still refused to surrender" "Even under point blank fire at 800 yards range." "It Was an exhibition of Polish valor that Will go down in history" "But militarily it could not avail." "On October 1, the garrison at last surrendered." "Surrendered to face the fate of these men." "Polish prisoners being marched of to massive prison camps." "And eventual extermination." "For the Nazi master race theory calls for the complete Wiping out of the... ..so-called inferior races." "And in village after village, local Judas's point out loyal Polish neighbors" "Himmler." "these things the Poles can never forget." "Including another one of Hitler's famous promises:" "Germany has concluded a Non- aggression Pact With Poland." "We shall adhere to it unconditionally"" "Adolph Hitler, May 21, 1935 the World now knew, that a non- aggression pact With Hitler... ..Was the kiss of death." "Poland Was completely destroyed." "Completely?" "." "Not quite." "During the last days of the campaign, the RussianArmy entered... ..eastern Poland and took up positions along the Bug River." "the two strongest armies in Europe meet and Hitler could decide now.." "..Whether to keep on heading east or call it quits." "He called it quits." "Why did Hitler quit here?" "." "He had to!" "to continue a drive to the east, Would leave Germany facing the threat... ..he'd always sworn to avoid." "A two-front War." "how he met that threat, you Will see in the next film... ..for Hitler thought impossible, Was anything but." "the day after Hitler crossed the Polish border..." "France called up her reserves." "Within 24 hours, British planes had bombed German Warships... ..in the Kiel Canal." "Britain, not merely the British government... ..but the British people had declared War" "War on Hitler and everything he stood for." "the Democracies did have convictions for Which people Were Willing... ..to stake their lives." "Unprepared?" "." "Yes." "But that didn't matter" "For they finally realized that What Was being threatened..." "Wasn't just the integrity of Poland, but the integrity of free men... ..everywhere in the World." "What tragedies, What horror, What crime... ..has Hitler and all that Hitler stands for... ..brought to Europe and the World?"" "He did upon this foundation... ..that Hitler pretends to build out of hatred... ..a new order for Europe."" "But nothing is more certain... ..than that every trace of Hitler's footsteps... ..every stain of his infected and corroding fingers... ..Will be sponged and purged and if need be blasted... ..from the surface of the earth."" "Lift up your hearts." "All Will come right."" "Out of the depths of sorrow and sacrifice... ..Will befall again the glory of mankind."" "No compromise is possible and the victory of the democracies can only... ..be complete With the utter defeat of the War machines of Germany and Japan."" "G.C. Marshall Chief of Staff"