| The WW2 Days reenactment in Rockford, IL with over 1000 reenactors. All musical credit to Immediate Music and Groove Addicts. The soundbites go as follows: 0:08-0:26 - Hitler, speaking after his election to the Chancellorship, 1933. 0:29-0:46 - Churchill, his Great Declaration before the Allies, 1941. 0:47-1:18 - Goebbels, delivering his "Totaler Krieg" speech, 1943. 1:32-1:45 - (same as above.) 1:46-2:00 - Roosevelt, praying for troops on D-Day, 1944. 2:07-2:17 - Hitler, speaking after his election to the Chancellorship, 1933. 2:20-2:30 - Eisenhower, speaking to troops on D-Day, 1944. 2:37-2:55 - Churchill, his Great Declaration before the Allies, 1941. 3:02-3:17 - Goebbels, location and date unknown to me. 3:18-3:33 - Churchill, speaking in County Hall, London, 1941. 3:34-3:47 - Hitler, speaking at a (Nuremberg?) rally, date unknown to me. 3:51-END - Roosevelt, Flag Day Address, 1942. This year, I decided to go even bigger than just the battle itself and attempt to explain why these nations are fighting one another. This is where the soundbites come in. At the deepest root of German expansion is anger - anger for a humiliated and collapsed Germany in the wake of WWI. This is why Hitler is speaking of financial collapse at the video's beginning, and also why I twice put in soundbites emphasizing November 1918 - when Germany surrendered. Many Germans felt they had been betrayed by their leadership, and felt they could've continued and ultimately won the war. And now here ... |
