Invited to list the ten most important books of the 20th Century I certainly include The Fuhrers Proclamation to the German People. It is commonly thought that the Reich made a fatal blunder in attacking an unprepared, defenceless Russia. If this is your view it is perfectly understandable; it is what you have been told to think. The first question we must ask ourselves is why, given its importance, is The Fuhrers Proclamation suppressed? Until now it has been available only as an under the counter purchase. In appearance it was no more than another dull government information publication. This is how the victors would prefer it.
Whoa! Mike Walsh, with his gift for bringing books to life, has done it again. Now available on Amazon Books and Kindle is the illustrated The Proclamation (The Reich Declaration of War on Russia). The Fuhrer does not mince his words; he tells it like it is. The books begins with the Fuhrers address to the German people. This masterful diagnostic and honest orator sets out his reasons for making war on Bolshevik Occupied Russia.
The German leaders clarification is followed by a series of reports from various Reich departments. Previously secret revelations support the necessity for the Reichs pre-emptive strikes on the Soviet Union. The facts are well presented and leave even the most critical reader with the conclusion that the Reich had no choice; the Reich was responding to Russian aggression, not initiating hostilities.
Cui bono, the Reichs response to Stalins plans to invade Germany led directly to the defeat of the Reich and the spoils, Germany and Europe, being divided between the conquerors. As the venerable English historian, A. J. P. Taylor pointed out; Hitler fought a defensive war. Like the invasions of Poland, France, and Norway, Germanys declaration of war on the USSR was forced on the besieged Reich by the intrigues of the cabalistic Soviet Union, Washington DC and London. Here is the damning proof that Germanys war on Russia was started and inflamed by the rapacious intrigues of Wall Street, Washington and the Kremlin.
Uncle Joes Red Army, between 1919 and 1940, attacked and occupied nine previously independent nations. Moscow miscalculated when; in November 1939 they invaded neighbouring Finland. The Red Army was roundly defeated by this small nation of farmers. Two years after Churchills declaration of war against the much antagonised Germany, the boastful Bolsheviks, sponsored by the U.S and England, once again misjudged when they amassed 160 divisions that in spring 1941 were poised to invade the Reich.
The workers Reich had no intention of Germany becoming No 10 in Stalins ambitious plans for world domination. The Reichs Declaration of War (USSR) credibly proves that the Reich had little choice but to thwart Soviet ambitions. Adolf Hitler, and his security services, spells out their reasons for thwarting Soviet ambitions.
This is not a Wilbur Smith novel. It is however an essential addition to the library of anyone who wants an informed view of the progress of World War Two. The readers reward will be that, when engaged in conversation with those less well informed, he will emerge with honours from the verbal fray.