Goebbels Wolves At The Door excerpt from Total War Speech

February 18th 1943

It is considered the most famous of Goebbels's speeches. The speech was the first public admission by the National Socialist leadership that Germany faced serious dangers. Goebbels called for a total war (German: totaler Krieg) to secure victory over the Allies, and exhorted the German people to continue the war even though it would be long and difficult because—as he asserted—both Germany's survival and the survival of Western civilisation were at stake.Wollt Ihr den Totalen Krieg Sportpalast Berlin