The official World War II US government account of Nazi international aggression leading up to the British and French declarations of war.The official World War II US government account of Nazi international aggression leading up to the British and French declarations of war.The official World War II US government account of Nazi international aggression leading up to the British and French declarations of war.
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Eduard Benes
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Neville Chamberlain
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Clementine Churchill
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Winston Churchill
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Galeazzo Ciano
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Édouard Daladier
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Léon Degrelle
- Self - Leader: Rexist Party, Belgium
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Anthony Eden
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Hermann Göring
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Konrad Henlein
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Rudolf Hess
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Heinrich Himmler
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
- Self - Führer und Reichskanzler
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Walter Huston
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
Wilhelm Keitel
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
King George VI
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Fritz Kuhn
- Self - German-American Bund
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Frank Capra(uncredited)
- Anatole Litvak(uncredited)
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- TriviaIn the year 2000, the United States Library of Congress mandated that this film (and the other six documentaries in the 'Why We Fight' series)were "culturally significant" and selected them for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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Featured review
Americans should watch these films today!,
This great film is composed mostly of documentary footage is currently contained on a DVD along with Prelude to War. The great American filmmaker and story teller Frank Capra made these films which simply and clearly call attention to the main points that caused World War II and Hitler's rise.
Every school child, nay, every American should watch these films today because they are so apropos. History has been repeating itself over and over again! The Lord Chamberlains are still alive and kicking; the tactics used by the Nazis of infiltrating countries through sympathizers and then the Communists and now by Muslim terrorist groups, are still working to these evil group's advantage.
By sitting back and letting Hitler as early as 1935 be aggressive - France, America and England caused over 50 million people's deaths. Americans, French and British today would happily let Hitler do exactly the same thing despite the fact that we should have learned from history what happens when you let dictators break treaties.
These great films may be too simplistic for World War II history buffs. They don't tell the horrors that the Soviet Union caused simply because at the time America was teamed up with them, fighting Hitler. This film does tell the plain facts and motives that led to the terrible war.
Every school child, nay, every American should watch these films today because they are so apropos. History has been repeating itself over and over again! The Lord Chamberlains are still alive and kicking; the tactics used by the Nazis of infiltrating countries through sympathizers and then the Communists and now by Muslim terrorist groups, are still working to these evil group's advantage.
By sitting back and letting Hitler as early as 1935 be aggressive - France, America and England caused over 50 million people's deaths. Americans, French and British today would happily let Hitler do exactly the same thing despite the fact that we should have learned from history what happens when you let dictators break treaties.
These great films may be too simplistic for World War II history buffs. They don't tell the horrors that the Soviet Union caused simply because at the time America was teamed up with them, fighting Hitler. This film does tell the plain facts and motives that led to the terrible war.
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- Tankard22
- Mar 8, 2007
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- Runtime41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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