Stephen G. Fritz > Quotes

“His great gamble had failed, and what followed his invasion of Poland he neither wanted nor expected. His original intention had been to attack the Soviet Union with Polish help, but, when the Poles balked at playing their assigned role, he had hoped to neutralize Great Britain through the conclusion of the Nazi-Soviet Pact.”
― Stephen G. Fritz, Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East

“Political aims: Ukrainian state; federation of Baltic states; White Russia. . . .”
― Stephen G. Fritz, Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East

“war in the west has ended . . . and I shall come, in the shortest possible time, to an understanding with England. There still remains the conflict with the east. That, however, is a task which throws up worldwide problems. . . . One might perhaps tackle it in ten years’ time.”
― Stephen G. Fritz, Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East

“Although the British had acquiesced in German expansion in 1938, the situation in 1940 differed markedly: making peace on Hitler’s terms now meant recognition of German hegemony on the Continent and the likely end of Britain as a major power.”
― Stephen G. Fritz, Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East