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Von Ribbentrop Addresses the German People

On April 27, 1940, just two weeks before Nazi leader Adolf Hitler ordered an attack on the West, Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop addresses the German people about what he calls the "aggression" of England and France.

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