...  If the German folk, in its historical development, had possessed that herdlike unity which other peoples have enjoyed, the German Reich would today be mistress of the globe.  World history would have taken another course, and no one can tell whether in this way that might not have been attained which so many deluded pacifists are hoping today to wheedle by moaning and whining:  a peace supported not by the palm branches of tearful pacifistic female mourners but founded by the victorious sword of a master race [Herrenvolk] which places the world in the service of a higher culture.[104]

Like Hitler, Rosenberg envisaged the extension of Nazi power far beyond the borders of Germany.  In his Nature, Principles, and Aims of the NSDAP he stated, “But National Socialism also believes that, far beyond Germany’s borders, its principles and its ideology ... will lead the way in the unavoidable struggles for power in the other countries of Europe and America."[105]

Propaganda

1.  Professed Peaceful Intentions as a Cloak for Imperialistic Designs

The falsity of Nazi propaganda has been demonstrated repeatedly during the past decade.  That its keynote was set by Hitler himself becomes evident upon an examination of his statements on foreign policy over a period of years.  Not only has his policy been marked by a series of shifts and turns, so that the policy of one year was frequently canceled by the policy of the next, but a comparison of his words with his subsequent deeds makes it evident that he deliberately sought to lull other countries into a feeling of security until he was ready to move against them.  On May 17, 1933 he asserted: 

No fresh European war is capable of putting something better in the place of unsatisfactory conditions which exist to-day ... The outbreak of such madness without end would lead to the collapse of existing social order in Europe ...  The German Government are convinced that to-day there can be only one great task, and that is to assure the peace of the world ... The German Government wish to settle all difficult questions with other Governments by peaceful methods. They know that any military action in Europe, even if completely successful, would, in view of the sacrifice, bear no relation to the profit to be obtained ...

Germany will tread no other path than that laid down by the Treaties.  The German Government will discuss all political and economic questions only within the framework of, and through, the Treaties.

     The German people have no thought of invading any
     country.[106]
     (Document 14, post pp. 282-233.)

And on March 7, 1936 he stated: