RAIN & MUD
FOR SPANISH VICTORY PARADE FRANCO STANDS AT SALUTE FOR FIVE HOURS. HITLER'S CONGRATULATIONS. By Tekgrr.ph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) MADRID, May 19. • The Victory Parade was two hours late in starting. The German Legion passed led by Baron von Richtofen, who joined General Franco at the saluting base. Rain fell throughout the parade and the road was a sea of mud by the time the German tanks and artillery had passed General Franco, who stood at the salute for five hours. Herr Hitler wired him as follows:— “The thoughts of myself and the German people are with you. May the Spanish troops enjoy a long period of peaceful reconstruction under your powerful leadership?’
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 May 1939, Page 7
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117RAIN & MUD Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 May 1939, Page 7
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