September 19: ON THIS DAY in 1939, Hitler shouts defiance
ON THIS DAY IN 1939, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Danzig, Sept. 19 (AP) — Adolf Hitler emphasized today that ‘we have no war intention against either England or France’ and that Germany seeks to achieve ‘a lasting peace.’ ‘Russia and Germany will settle this [Polish] situation and this will result in the removal of the tension,’ he declared. However, he expressed a determination to continue the war as long as he was forced, saying the word ‘surrender’ would not be uttered. ‘Nor at the end of the sixth or the seventh year,’ he shouted. ‘The generation of today is not the generation of Bethmann-Hollweg.’ Earlier he had said the Germany of today ‘no longer is a country to which ultimatums can be dictated. We will give bomb against bomb, not only one but 500 bombs,’ he shouted.”
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ON THIS DAY IN 1939, the Eagle reported, “Danzig, Sept. 19 (AP) — Adolf Hitler emphasized today that ‘we have no war intention against either England or France’ and that Germany seeks to achieve ‘a lasting peace.’ ‘Russia and Germany will settle this [Polish] situation and this will result in the removal of the tension,’ he declared. However, he expressed a determination to continue the war as long as he was forced, saying the word ‘surrender’ would not be uttered. ‘Nor at the end of the sixth or the seventh year,’ he shouted. ‘The generation of today is not the generation of Bethmann-Hollweg.’ Earlier he had said the Germany of today ‘no longer is a country to which ultimatums can be dictated. We will give bomb against bomb, not only one but 500 bombs,’ he shouted.”
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