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''Sieg im Westen'' (''Victory in the West'') is a 1941 Nazi propaganda film. It was produced by the Oberkommando des Heeres, the German Army High Command, rather than the Propaganda Ministry of Joseph Goebbels.〔Robert Edwin Hertzstein, ''The War That Hitler Won'' p281 ISBN 0-399-11845-4〕 Goebbels indeed sabotaged its release in minor ways, delaying its premiere and telling propagandists not to promote it.〔 The prologue consists of the Nazi version of European history and the origins of World War II, and the rest deals with the Battle of France, a Blitzkrieg in the Low Countries and France (10 May – 22 June 1940). The movie was made largely from newsreel footage recut into a documentary.〔Erwin Leiser (1975), ''Nazi Cinema'' p57 ISBN 0-02-570230-0〕 The programme provided states that it is to show the audacity of the German offensive and the superiority of German arms, required because they will not be permitted to live in peace.〔Erwin Leiser, ''Nazi Cinema'' p57-8 ISBN 0-02-570230-0〕 It did not give Hitler or the Nazi party a central role, thus ensuring its disfavor with Goebbels.〔Robert Edwin Hertzstein (1978), ''The War That Hitler Won'' p282 ISBN 0-399-11845-4〕 The Nazi journal "Der deutsche Film" called ''Sieg im Westen'' "the greatest of all German newsreels."〔Hoffman 220〕 Unlike many other German propaganda films, ''Sieg im Westen'' does not belittle the enemy, instead admitting that the French soldiers fought gallantly.〔Hoffman 222〕 The war is presented "from above"; the battles are depicted as smooth forward advances on the map, with results from reports at the front.〔Erwin Leiser, ''Nazi Cinema'' p59 ISBN 0-02-570230-0〕 The "encirclement" of Germany is depicted by showing prisoners of war from far-off countries.〔Erwin Leiser, ''Nazi Cinema'' p58 ISBN 0-02-570230-0〕 == Other == On 14 August 1940, more than a dozen German Generals who had (three weeks ago) been appointed Field Marshal after the successful Westfeldzug〔Walther von Brauchitsch, Wilhelm Keitel, Gerd von Rundstedt, Fedor von Bock, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Wilhelm List, Günther von Kluge, Erwin von Witzleben, Walter von Reichenau; Albert Kesselring, Erhard Milch, Hugo Sperrle.〕 were in Berlin to be presented with their ceremonoial batons. While in Berlin, they were shown 'Sieg im Westen'.〔An american journalist watched it, too, and made that public. Charles Messenger (1991/ reprint 2012), ''The Last Prussian: A Biography of Field Marshal Gerd Von Rundstedt'', p. (127 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sieg im Westen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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