"It was unfortunate that I had to do most of the talking; I felt from the start as if I were addressing a wall... I have spoken to hundreds of Englishmen on this subject..."
- Ribbentrop, exasperated trying to deliver an Anglo-German alliance; in this case, his unfruitful 1936 meeting with Vanisttart
Ribbentrop, unknown date and location; he was satirized by
the British press as "Herr Brickendrop" for his brashness
