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POWERFUL BLOW

CERTAIN to be directed AGAINST RUSSIA

IRRESPECTIVE OF OTHER ENEMY PLANS. PRESSURE QN AXIS PUPPETS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, March 25. The recent speculation about an Axis offensive against Cyprus, Egypt or Syria has not obscured the fact that Germany will still wage a gigantic Russia campaign, writes “The Times.” That Germany will direct against Russia the most powerful blow she is capable of delivering seems certain, whatever may be her other plans for the spring and summer. And however much her armies in the field have suffered. her gigantic war industry is cappable of replacing the material which has been lost and replacing it with more up-to-date models. “Nor would it be prudent to suppose that the German oil supplies are inadequate for the purposes of an offensive which may extend far beyond the Russian theatre of war. Russia now stands every whit as much in the forefront of the battle as she did last year. Her front is vital to the Allied cause and none is likely to be subjected to fiercer testing.” “The Times” continues: “It is not unreasonable to believe that if this vast offensive were to be launched, were to lead to months of bitter fighting on widespread fronts and were to end like that of last year, merely in a series of tactical successes which brought no decision and not even any outstanding strategic advance, then, indeed, the German outlook would be bleak.”

“The Times” then sums up the diplomatic activities among Germany’s puppets. stating: “Rumania is already in all but open revolt against the thankless sacrifice exacted from her. The same exorbitant demands are no doubt at this moment being pressed on King Boris in Berlin against the known wishes and sympathies of his people. Turkey, whose strength and sturdy caution have hitherto sufficed to preserve her freedom, is being subjected once more to the usual battery of threats and cajolery and has nothing good to expect from Papen’s coming consultations with Hitler.

“Everywhere, the great spring offensive against Russia, diplomatic as well as military, is being prepared with desperate energy, for Hitler knows that everything for him depends on the throw. His determination will call forth a like determination not only from our Russian allies but from ourselves.”

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19420327.2.26

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 March 1942, Page 3

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Tapeke kupu
378

POWERFUL BLOW Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 March 1942, Page 3

POWERFUL BLOW Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 March 1942, Page 3

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