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NAZI STRENGTH

UNEQUAL TO ANOTHER WINTER AN OPINION OF GENERAL GIRAUD • OUTLOOK IN NORTH AFRICA £ (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) NEW YORK, March 18. “The Vichy Government is a German Government, which can no longer exist when French armies enter France,” said General Giraud when he was interviewed in North Africa by Hanson Baldwin, of the New York Times. General Giraud, who impressed Mr, Baldwin as the strongest, most disinterested, and most sincere of all French leaders, frankly discussed the military situation. The general expresssed the opinion that Germany was not yet at the end of her rope, in spite of the heavy losses in men and material, and that she had enough strength left to finish this year but could not go through another winter. He did not believe that Germany had another March, 1918, offensive in her system. Because of the strength of the fortifications in western Europe Germany could impose great casualtes if the Allies attacked in that area, but a successful conclusion of the African campaign would greatly affect Italy, while a landing in southern Europe would have inestimable results on the entire strategy of the war, General Giraud said. Mr. Baldwin said that General Giraud’s recent statements and also the resignation of his deputy, General Bergeret, and the probable replacement of General Nogues, have done much to clear the political air. “However, within the next six or ten weeks the political crisis will be paralleled > by an economic and military crisis, which will have a major effect on the political situation,” the correspondent adds. ‘“The rainy season has ended, and extreme intensification of the fighting may be expected at any time. Hoarding of food and wheat has created a serious shortage.” He concludes that General Giraud’s political reforms cannot be fully consummated till the Germans have been pushed out of the Mediterranean and the spectre of hunger and deprivation is eliminated from North Africa.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 March 1943, Page 3

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317

NAZI STRENGTH Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 March 1943, Page 3

NAZI STRENGTH Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 March 1943, Page 3

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