Historical News and Speeches
Joachim von Ribbentrop on Allied Aggression
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This recording presents a historical speech by German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, dated April 27, 1940. Its subject, as identified in the title, is his remarks on what he called Allied aggression.
As a political address from the period, it offers a direct encounter with wartime rhetoric and the arguments used by a senior German official. Listeners can hear the speech as a primary-source document, with its claims and framing understood in the context of the events and propaganda of the Second World War.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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