NAZIS AT ODDS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1941, Page 5

NAZIS AT ODDS

ON QUESTIONS OF MAJOR STRATEGY i - — OPPOSITION TO HITLER’S ADVENTURE. NUMBER OF GENERALS REMOVED. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, July 21. The Moscow radio stated that it was learned from well-informed circles in Berne that a great difference of opinion has arisen between the German generals about the conduct of the military operations, especially against Russia. A number of generals opposed the ideas of Herr Hitler’s staff, and they are now fulfilling their duties solely because'of military discipline. Generals Liszt and Richenau and other ardent advocates of the blitzkrieg theory expressed sharp differences of opinion at a conference on the eve of the attack against Russia. Some pointed out the inevitability of a drawn-out. exhausting campaign, which would possibly lead to a crash for Germany, and it was significant that the blitzkrieg experts took this view. Field-Marshal Goering and the most prominent of the other aviation leaders also opposed Hitler's adventure. Finally, General Thomas, chief of the High Command’s military and economic department, sided with the dissentients. Hitler, who decided to move in spite of the opposition. took reprisals against the opposing generals. He removed Field-Marshal Goering. General Richenau and a number of other generals from their posts.