Evening star., 1941-10-09
Nv the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Oct. o.-The tert OF
Adolf Hitler's order OF the day to
his soldiers on the eastern front,
issued a ,Deek ago today, but pub
Hshed only today, tollo,cs:
Filled with the greatest concern
for the existence and future Of our
people I decided on June % to
appeal to you to anticipate in the
nick OF time threatening aggression
by one opponent.
1t was the intention of the Krem-
lin poWers-as we know today-to
destroy not only Germany but all
Europe.
Comrades, meanwhile you will
have gained two impressions:
Firstly, this opponent had armed
himself for attack to such an extent
that even gravest apprehensions
have been surpassed.
Secondly, Gods mercy on our
people and the entire European
world if this barbaric enemy had
been able to move his tens of thou
sands of tanks before we moved ours.
All Europe would have been lost.
Poverty Rules Russia.
For this enemy does not consist OF
soldiers. but a ma jority of beasts.
Now. my comrades. you have seen
with your own eyes the paradise of
workers and farmers" In a coun-
try which. on account of its vastness
and fertility. could feed the whole
world, poverty rules to such an ex-
tent that We Germans could not
imagine
This is a result of nearly a 25-
year-long Jewish rule which, as Boil
shevism, is basically similar to the
general form of capitalism. The
bearers OF this system in both cases
are the same: Jews and only Jews.
Soldiers. when I called on you
June % to ward off the terrible
danger menacing our homeland you
faced the biggest military power of
all times.
Thanks to your bravery, my COM
rades. we succeeded in barely three
months in crushing this opponents S
tank brigades one afte ranother,
in annihiating countless divisions,
in taking an unsurveyable number
of prisoners, in occupying vast
regions-not empty space, but those
spaces from which the opponent was
living and from which his gigantic
war industry was being supplied with
all kinds of raw materials.
Within a few weeks his three
most important industrial regions
will be completely in our hands
Your names, soldiers of the German
armed forces, and the names of our
brave allies. the names of your
divisions and regiments and your
tank forces and air squadrons will
be associated for all time with the
most tremendous victories in history
1920 Planes Destroyed.
You have taken more than 2.400.-
900 prisoners, destroyed or captured
more than 1880 tanks and more
than 81 900 pieces of artillery.
Fourteen thousand two hundred
planes were brought down or Destroy
ed on the ground.
The world hitherto never has ex-
perienced similar events.
The territory which the German
and allied troops have occupied is
more than twice as large as the
German Reich of 1888, more than
four times as large as the English
| motherland.
Since June ~ the strongest forti.
ncations have been penetrated. ire.
mendous streams have been crossed
| innumerable localities have beer
stormed and fortresses and casemate
systems have been crushed OF
smoked out.
From far in the north where our
superbly brave Finnish allies gave
ecidence Of their courage a second
| time. down to the Crimea you stand
today together with Slovak, Hun
garian, Italian and Rumanian divis-
ions roughly 1000 kilometers deep In
the enemy's country.
Common European Action.
Spanish, Croat and Belgian units
now join you and others will follow
This fight-perhaps for the first
time-is recognized by all European
nations as a common action to safe
guard the future of this most cul-
tural continent.
The work which has been achieved
behind your tremendous front is gi-
gantic.
Nearly 1000 bridges have been