ITALY READY
TO DEFEND LIBERTY OF ACTION
MILLION TRAINED MEN UNDER ARMS.
NATURAL OBSTACLES MUCH
STRENGTHENED
By Telegraph-Preps Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) ROME. March 13.
General Übaldo Soddu, Under-Secre-tary of War. told the Fascist Chamber that Italy was ready io defend its liberty of action with a million trained men under arms and a fortified bulwark across its Alpine frontiers. The Italian fortifications are not artificial, like the Maginot and Siegfried lines, but a strengthening of natural obstacles. This fortification was commenced some time ago and was carried cut on all frontiers.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 March 1940, Page 8
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94ITALY READY Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 March 1940, Page 8
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