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“We have no butter... but I ask you, would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.”

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Hermann Goring

Hermann Göring was a prominent Nazi politician and military leader, the founder of the Luftwaffe. Born on January 12, 1893, in Rosenheim, Germany, he was executed on October 15, 1946. Göring held several key positions during the Nazi era, including Vice Chancellor and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, serving as one of Adolf Hitler's closest lieutenants. more

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