YUGOSLAVIA PREPARES.
MORE TROOPS CALLED UP. PROTECTION OF FRONTIER. LONDON, May 8. A correspondent of the Associated Press of Great. Britain in a message from Rarek says Yugoslavia is calling up more classes to reinforce the 300,000 troops guarding the YugoslavItalian and Yugoslav-German frontiers. Crowded troop trains are arriving at Ljubljana and Maribor, while trenches and tank barricades are being constructed for miles behind the permanent defences. More than 600.000 Yugoslavians are reported to be under arms, though Yugoslavia has not yet officially mobilised.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 136, 9 May 1940, Page 9
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84YUGOSLAVIA PREPARES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 136, 9 May 1940, Page 9
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