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| ™ ITLER is wound up for his H Spring Offensive. Meanwhile, Stalin is unwinding the spring. Hitler is making nasty noises at Sweden. He wants control of Sweden because he fears an invasion of Norway. A fellow must have somewhere to retreat to! The Finns missed their chance to quit hostilities with Russia, But it’s not so easy to go walking with the bear when you're locked in the cage with the tiger. It is said that German reinforcements on the Soviet front are a mixed lot. At auctions, mixed lots go for a song. Hitler’s mixed lots are being knocked down for a mere quack, Hasn’t Hitler got on! Once he painted houses in Austria.: Now he is doing a frieze in Russia. The Japs fear air attack on their land. They are afraid "Bushido" will be answered with "Bashido." Mr, Tojo! Do you know that the sun tises in the East-and sets in the West? Speaking of war-names for children! Recently we saw a picture in Punch a
post-dated 1950. A mother calls "Winston!" Instantly a boy’s head bobs up over every back fence in sight. The future will see Spitfire Bugginses, Libya Simpsons, Tomahawk Joneses and Lease-Lend Browns. There won't be many Dunkirk Smythes, Singapore Sproggses, or Rangoon Robinsons, Germany will see a spate of Adolf-Hitler Schmidts-all born before the Russian drive, of course. Likewise many Blitz Himmels but few Moscow Mullers. In modern warfare, it’s safer to stick to "Basil" and "Hans" respectively. —
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 144, 27 March 1942, Page 12
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