Lies being taught;
Mein Kampf is unintelligible ravings of a
maniac.
Now the Truth; CHAPTER
VII Revolution;
Beginnings of Jewish Stab in the back;
Towards the end of 1917 it seemed as if we
had got over the worst phases of moral depression at the front. After the
Russian collapse the whole army recovered its courage and hope, and all were
gradually becoming more and more convinced that the struggle would end in our
favour. We could sing once again. The ravens were ceasing to croak. Faith in
the future of the Fatherland was once more in the ascendant.
The Italian collapse in the autumn of 1917
had a wonderful effect; For this victory proved that it was possible to break
through another front besides the Russian. This inspiring thought now became
dominant in the minds of millions at the front and encouraged them to look
forward with confidence to the spring of 1918. It was quite obvious that the
enemy was in a state of depression. During this winter the front was somewhat quieter
than usual. But that was the calm before the storm.
Just when preparations were being made to
launch a final offensive which would bring this seemingly eternal struggle to
an end, while endless columns of transports were bringing men and munitions to
the front, and while the men were being trained for that final onslaught, then
it was that the greatest act of treachery during the whole War was accomplished
in Germany.
Germany must not win the War. At that moment
when victory seemed ready to alight on the German standards, a conspiracy was
arranged for the purpose of striking at the heart of the German spring
offensive with one blow from the rear and thus making victory impossible. A
general strike in the munition factories was organized.
If this conspiracy could achieve its purpose
the German front would have collapsed and the wishes of the VORWÄRTS (the organ
of the Social-Democratic Party) that this time victory should not take the side
of the German banners, would have been fulfilled. For want of munitions the
front would be broken through within a few weeks, the offensive would be effectively
stopped and the Entente saved. Then International Finance would assume control
over Germany and the internal objective of the Marxist national betrayal would
be achieved. That objective was the destruction of the national economic system
and the establishment of international capitalistic domination in its stead.
And this goal has really been reached, thanks to the stupid credulity of the
one side and the unspeakable treachery of the other.
In the first place, what was the army
fighting for if the people at home did not wish it to be victorious? For whom
then were these enormous sacrifices and privations being made and endured? Must
the soldiers fight for victory while the home front goes on strike against it?
In the second place, what effect did this
move have on the enemy?
In the winter of 1917-18 dark clouds hovered
in the firmament of the Entente. For nearly four years onslaught after
onslaught has been made against the German giant, but they failed to bring him
to the ground. He had to keep them at bay with one arm that held the defensive
shield because his other arm had to be free to wield the sword against his
enemies, now in the East and now in the South. But at last these enemies were
overcome and his rear was now free for the conflict in the West. Rivers of
blood had been shed for the accomplishment of that task; but now the sword was
free to combine in battle with the shield on the Western Front. And since the
enemy had hitherto failed to break the German defence here, the Germans themselves
had now to launch the attack. The enemy feared and trembled before the prospect
of this German victory.
At Paris and London conferences followed one
another in unending series. Even the enemy propaganda encountered difficulties.
It was no longer so easy to demonstrate that the prospect of a German victory
was hopeless. A prudent silence reigned at the front, even among the troops of
the Entente. The insolence of their masters had suddenly subsided. A disturbing
truth began to dawn on them. Their opinion of the German soldier had changed.
Hitherto they were able to picture him as a kind of fool whose end would be
destruction; but now they found themselves face to face with the soldier who
had overcome their Russian ally. The policy of restricting the offensive to the
East, which had been imposed on the German military authorities by the
necessities of the situation, now seemed to the Entente as a tactical stroke of
genius. For three years these Germans had been battering away at the Russian
front without any apparent success at first. Those fruitless efforts were
almost sneered at; for it was thought that in the long run the Russian giant
would triumph through sheer force of numbers. Germany would be worn out through
shedding so much blood. And facts appeared to confirm this hope.
Since the September days of 1914, when for
the first time interminable columns of Russian war prisoners poured into
Germany after the Battle of Tannenberg, it seemed as if the stream would never
end but that as soon as one army was defeated and routed another would take its
place. The supply of soldiers which the gigantic Empire placed at the disposal
of the Czar seemed inexhaustible; new victims were always at hand for the holocaust
of war. How long could Germany hold out in this competition? Would not the day
finally have to come when, after the last victory which the Germans would
achieve, there would still remain reserve armies in Russia to be mustered for
the final battle? And what then? According to human standards a Russian victory
over Germany might be delayed but it would have to come in the long run.
All the hopes that had been based on Russia
were now lost. The Ally who had sacrificed the most blood on the altar of their
mutual interests had come to the end of his resources and lay prostrate before
his unrelenting foe. A feeling of terror and dismay came over the Entente soldiers
who had hitherto been buoyed up by blind faith. They feared the coming spring.
For, seeing that hitherto they had failed to break the Germans when the latter
could concentrate only part of the fighting strength on the Western Front, how could
they count on victory now that the undivided forces of that amazing land of
heroes appeared to be gathered for a massed attack in the West?
Contd.... ”
Adolf Hitler;
Kaps
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