Word: hitler
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Joseph Stalin had repeatedly told the German people that they might have an army and a free government after the war. But he had always conditioned that promise on the early overthrow of Hitler and an early surrender. Now Stalin said with Churchill and Roosevelt : "We are determined to disarm and disband all German armed forces; break up for all time the German General Staff ... remove all ... militarist influences." Political and economic disarmament would be equally complete and rigorous: "....Eliminate or control all German industry that could be used for military production . . . wipe out the Nazi party, Nazi laws, organizations...
...would end in March. Adolf Hitler would fly out to sea, never to be seen or heard of again...
...radio commentators is Lieut. General Kurt Dittmar, who was retired from the Finnish front in 1941 because of illness. Last week Dittmar, finding no glimmer of cheer in the black situation, recalled the glorious career of Frederick II ("Frederick the Great") of Prussia, onetime idol and inspiration of Adolf Hitler. Frederick had fought the Seven Years' War (1756-63) against a formidable coalition-Austria, France, Russia, Sweden. Finally, with some help from England, he wore them all out. For eleven years before 1756, Frederick had built up his army, laid down immense stores of supplies and munitions...
...Grew's opposite number in Britain, Richard Kidston Law, last week explained British policy to the House of Commons: No. 1 war criminals like Hitler and Mussolini should be directly disposed of by the Allies; offenses committed by lesser Germans against Jews and other nationals of the Reich should not be considered "war crimes," but nevertheless should be punished by the government to be set up by the Allies in Germany...
Replied Miss Thompson, in effect: Editor Thackrey doesn't know a straddle when he sees one. Said she: "In the article referred to, written in 1931, I weighed the pros and cons . . . and threw the weight of my argument against the probability of Hitler obtaining a parliamentary majority. But in the concluding sentence of the article, I again left the question open...