FEARS IN SWEDEN
OF ATTACK BY GERMANY. SHOULD ALLIES INVADE NORWAY. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, January 23. The Swedish authorities are seriously concerned over the possibility of a German invasion of their country, says the “Daily Telegraph’s” Stockholm correspondent. Open discussion by Germans in Denmark and Sweden of reports that the Allies are massing shipping, invasion barges, and troops in Scotland and Iceland has again brought into prominence the question of an Allied landing in Scandinavia. Eyewitnesses report that the Germans are feverishly fortifying the coast and the land frontier of the provinces of Ostfold, south- east of Oslo. An Allied landing in Norway would undoubtedly have serious consequences for Sweden.
Germany, lacking the naval and air strength require an unrestricted use of Sweden’s west coast railways, which Sweden’s avowal of- neutrality would compel her to refuse. The unknown quality is the size of the force which the Germans could spare for Scandinavia in the event of an invasion. It is known .that the German divisions in Denmark, Norway and Finland have been denuded of many of their younger men, who have been sent to the eastern front and replaced by the 40-year-olds. One thing may be emphasised. There is not the slightest doubt, in spite of Propaganda about Swedish pro-Ger* man sympathies, that the Swedish armed forces would instantly and loyally resist any German attack. Months ago their commander-in-chief, General Toernell, told them that in the event of their losing cohesion in an invason they were to disregard orders to surrender, no matter how genuine they might seem.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 January 1943, Page 3
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259FEARS IN SWEDEN Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 January 1943, Page 3
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