HITLER ANXIOUS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 December 1940, Page 5

HITLER ANXIOUS

NEW ATTEMPT TO GAIN EARLY DECISION SECOND BATTLE FOR BRITAIN. AIR AND SEA ATTACKS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, December 5. “The Times” says: “Hitler, convinced that adventures in the East cannot bring a speedy victory, and anxious about the growing ■ strength of Britain and a possible weakening of the German spirit, is making a new attempt to secure an early decision in the West, which the German Press describes as the ‘second battle for Britain.’ “Though the German claims are deliberately exaggerated the attack on Britain is formidable. The British shipping losses show that, in spite of the fact that valuable cargoes are coming in safely every day, our shipping has suffered heavily. “Hitler’s strategic plan for the moment seems to be to try to enforce by air and sea the blockade of Britain which was prematurely announced. The fact that he is doing so now is probably due to his inability to make the attempt before as he was forced to build U-boats to replace those which had been sunk. Hitler, in fact, is seizing the first opportunity for anything approaching an organised double attack, which is also probably intended the help the hard-pressed Italians by preventing military supplies from Britain reaching Greece.”