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June 10. Year XVIII (of the Fascist Era)
Salut the Duce!
Fighters, Sailors and Aviators
Blackshirts of the [Counter]revolution and the Legions.
Men and Women of Italy,
of the Empire, and the Kingdom of Albania:
Listen!
An hour
marked out by destiny
has struck in the heavens of fatherland
The hour...this is the Hour of irrevocable decisions!.
The Declaration of War
has already benn deliverred...
...to the Ambassadors of Great Britain and France.
We go to battle against
the plutocratic and reactionary democraties of the West
who, at every moment
have hindered the advance
and have often endangered
the very existence of the Italian pople
Recent historical events
can be summarized in the following:
phrases, promises, threats, blackmail
and finally to crown the edifice,
the ignoble seige by the 52 states [of the United Nations]
If now today we have decided
to face the risks and the sacrifices of a war,
it is because the honor,
the interests, the future impose and iron necessity,
since a great people is truly such if it
considers sacred its own duties and not evade
the supreme trials which deternin the course of history.
We... take up arms to resolve,
after having resolved the problem of our continental frontier,
the problem of our maritime frontiers;
we want to break the territorial and military chains
which suffocate us in our own sea
since a people of 45 million sould
is not truly free if it does not have free access to the ocean.
Proletarian and Fascist Italy
stands up a third time, strong, proud, and united as never before.
The single order of the day is categorical
and obligatory for all.
It already spreads and fires hearts
from the Alps to the Indian Ocean: VICTORY!
[cheers people to Duce]
And we will win,
in order finally
to give a long period of Peace with justice
to Italy, to Europe, and to the World.
People of Italy!
Rush to arms!
and show your tenacity, your courage, your valor!