You can't say they didn't warn us:
>" Our enemies are not as generous as we were to the French people in Compiégne in the summer of 1940. They are serious about their campaign of hate and revenge toward us. They are not just battle cries. They want our very lives, and would exterminate our people and nation root and branch were we to surrender to their power. They agree on this, even if their individual opinions differ on this or that minor point. We must defend our existence in this war. "
- Goebbels, June 1944.
>" Our enemies are not as generous as we were to the French people in Compiégne in the summer of 1940. They are serious about their campaign of hate and revenge toward us. They are not just battle cries. They want our very lives, and would exterminate our people and nation root and branch were we to surrender to their power. They agree on this, even if their individual opinions differ on this or that minor point. We must defend our existence in this war. "
- Goebbels, June 1944.