NAZI “EXPERTS”
TRAINED FOR INVASION. LATEST BERLIN STORY. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 9 a.m.) BERLIN, Sept. 26. An officially inspired description of the army training for the invasion of Britain claims that hundreds of “specialists” are distributed among the units along the Continental coast. These “specialists” were trained on drill grounils north-westward of Berlin. Immediately after the French capitulation they were selected from all branches of the services on the basis of a questionnaire in which 63 questions covered athletic prowess, knowledge of languages, technical skill, and acquaintance with British geography and affairs. Unmanned men under 23 were preferred. Ten thousand have been trained to use water skis constructed of cork, on which it is possible to skate across the water at the rate of five miles an hour.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 257, 27 September 1940, Page 7
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129NAZI “EXPERTS” Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 257, 27 September 1940, Page 7
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