NAZI FLANS
ACCORDING TO ANKARA CORRESPONDENT THREE PHASE BATTLE. ATTACK ON CYPRUS NEXT. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) ZURICH, May 26. Information which, according to the “Neuezurcher Zeitung's" Ankara correspondent has reached the Turkish military authorities, shows that the invasion of Crete is the first step in a three-phase battle for the Nile which the Germans believe must be won before September. The Germans fear the influence of increased American supplies for Britain after that date. The Turks believe that up to 6.000 German troops are concentrated in Chios and Mytilene, with orders to embark for Crete in Caiques as soon as their parachutists have established footholds. The correspondent does not mention whether the orders are held up, but says the next phase is scheduled-to begin before the middle of June, at the latest, with the capture of Cyprus. The Germans hold that the invasion of Syria and Iraq must be completed before the end of July to enable a final and decisive attack on Egypt to be launched from four directions.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 May 1941, Page 6
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175NAZI FLANS Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 May 1941, Page 6
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