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Joad's influence spread far and wide. An argument could be made that he altered the course of the Second World War. As one of the invited speakers at an Oxford Union debate held in 1933, Joad's eloquent speech helped to carry the controversial motion, 'This House would not fight for King and Country', which it is said influenced Adolf Hitler to conclude that Britain would not be prepared to go to war against the Third Reich. [contd]