Word: goebbelses
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But, said one New Deal chieftain, a White House intimate: "Even the airing of this plan is going to cost a lot of American lives. It is going to stiffen resistance inside Germany. We have placed a powerful weapon in the hands of Goebbels."
A few hours later, the Goebbels propaganda machine began grinding. Shouted the German radio: "The occupation of the Reich by Americans and British would be as horrible as by the Bolsheviks. Morgenthau is outdoing Clemenceau. Clemenceau said there were 23,000,000 Germans too many-Morgenthau wants to see 43...
"In 1940 the United States [Army] could put into the field . . . no more than 75,000 men. The Army was only '25% ready.' Now, Mr. Roosevelt, did those statements come from Goebbels? Was that fraud or falsification? Those are the words of General George C. Marshall. . . .
"I quote again: 'Dec. 7, 1941, found the Army Air Forces equipped with plans but not with planes.' Did that come from Goebbels? That statement was made by General H. H. Arnold. . . .
"On the floor of the Senate in May 1943, these words were uttered: 'After Pearl Harbor we found ourselves woefully unprepared for war.' Was that Dr. Goebbels? That Statement was made by Harry S. Truman."