Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Belligerent words about keeping people out

Guess who said this.

I am the greatest builder of fortifications of all time.

It sounds familiar, sounds like something a current world leader might say.

It was said by Adolf Hitler as the Germans built their Atlantic fortifications against an imminent allied invasion.

Everything about their wall-building proved a failure. And it certainly did not stop the allied invasion.

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