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Some of the men who worg rescued from the Altmark.
"AT Shepherd's Bush they are tactful man, and they did their due "shoot" the Altmark stuff obediently'all over again reseus episode which, with the and were enjoying their new job reconstruction of the River as actors before their part of the Plato battle, should make this proceedings came to an end.
tale of newsreel enter-
prise, entitled "For Free-
dom," one of the out- GRAF SPEE
standingly "actual" pic-
tures of the year.
This would not have been possible if the Government authorities had not smiled upon the idea.
ALTMARK
I think the most surprised people, when they learnt that the Admiralty had consented to their re-enacting the circum- stances of the historic battle, were some of the heroes them selves.
Naval officers tend to become uneasy at any suggestion of being displayed as "heroes," and one quiet young lieutenant con- fessed to me that they felt a bit sheepish at having to parade be-
FILM
The battle sequences were done at sea.
Hitler Says MARCH
MOST of Hitler's major coups have been carried out in the month of March. Here is a list:
March 16, 1935. De nounced disarmament clauses of Versailles Treaty and in- troduced conscription.
March 7. 1936-Marched into the Rhineland and ended Locarno Treaty.
March 11, 1938-Marched into and seized Austria.
March 15, 1939-Marched into and subjugated Czecho- Slovakia.
Will Fyffe plays the editor of) the newsreel which, in the story, brings off this remark- | is the son, also in the newsreel PICTURE ARTIGLE able "scoop." Anthony Hulme office, who argues in favour of a peace film, whilst his forceful
elder holds that a war film is the thing.
fore the applauding multitudes were imprisoned in the Graf The merchant captains who in the streets, much As they were stirred by the warmth of Spee appear in person. They seem to have had no studio in-
their reception. However, or-hibitions. On the contrary, the ders, were orders.
experts declare they entered Maurice Elvey, director of into the spirit of the occasion "For Freedom" (in association with the aplomb of experienced with Castleton Knight), is a actors.
ARTIGLE on WAR
Nazi generals don't believe the Blitzkrieg
in
THAT is the German Army They are thinking, he says. of
frontal attacks.
WH
These are not to
going to do? All of us are be decided by a sudden stroke, but asking this question. On the by a long struggle." One side will morning ferry, over the lunch eat away the enemy's position until table, in slack minutes at the he collapses.
It
office, it is one of the big pro-. This is very much like Joffre's Idea blems which dominate conversa- of "nibbling" in the last "wor. tion.
bears out Rosinski's contention that the Germans have lost their old pre- eminence in what is called "the higher study of war."
None of us knows the answer, But to make a good guess, to have an iden of the way a German general or high staff o'fleer vill see the alter- natives open to him, one has to know what the German Army is, how it organised, and the way its lenders
think.
If you want to see what the Duke of Wellington used to call "the other side of the hill," I advise you to read a new book called "The German Army" by Herbert Rosinski. It is published to-day by the Hogarth Press, and costs 12a, 6də
In any case the Germans in Poland
went all out for the policy Rosinski says their leaders don't believe in-
sudden decisive blow by strong mechanised forces or air attack."
believe such tactics to be possible in But it is probable that they don't
the west,
Rosinski says that German methods Dr. Resinski is a very well-known of tactical training are very good. writer and lecturer on naval 'and But he also says that the standards military problems. And he is a for young officers are very low, German refuge from Hitler. Hel
tries to take you under a German "have so depressed the intellectual "Six years of Nazi rule," he says, officer's skin.
level even of the high schools that the military authorities are at their The whole truth about the German number of acceptable candidates."
wits end where to find the necessary Army, and its tragedy, is that I There won't be enough officers for embodies a noble idea gone wrong. a few years, and those there are will
The iden is a selfless devotion to not for the most part be good, duty. Everybody is compelled to
And the Nazis have dimculty in serve the State, and yet everybody anding N.C.O., too. does it of his own free will.
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It has gone wrong in many ways, the instructors are excellent but
but chiefly because the individual wasn't encouraged to think for him-
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HANDYMEN
not buying anything wo can't get on credit!"
OF THE ARMY
HIGHLY-SKILLED, ...... scienti» ¡amourer is capable of examining, are serving, but they are appreciably fically-trained mechanics--the and adjusting rangefinders, telescopic higher than those paid, to the, lens- British Army's handymen rifle sights and prismatic compasses, specialised infantryman. In peace- boast that they can "make ord san strip and reassemble a Brenume, the Army mechanle returns to
well-paid civilian Jobs. mend anything and every- thing."
More often than not they have to work under extremely difficult con- ditions. A lorry, or a tank, or a plicated field-gun, cuch with its own com-
pupils poor. What does
all amount to? The Germans are fine soldiers, but The German was enough training nor an education taught to think that blind loyalty was which has taught them how to think bolter than intelligent loyalty, and it for themselves. isn't so good.
self whether the State was a healthy their younger leaders have not had expert achanism, may need their'
and sound one.
The machine ignored the indivi- dual.
command formed The German the habit of thinking that materials counted for more than men.
The Germans get their strength from their devotion to duty plus their technical eleiency,
it?
The Germans have always believed
long line of urgent traffle.be- Speed is imperative; there may be
bind the stricken monster. Army In allowing
the
"man on the spot"
machine gun.
At another Ordnance school boys, aro trained as fitters, and become
ERIC HICKS
The British Army prides itself on turning out mechanics who are also scientists :: in no small, measure, trained by the latest methods and [provided with modern equipment for [the_accomplishment of their difficult jand often hazardous tasks.
PICTURE (1) shows an officer in the final singes of his training as an Army chemist. With test tubes and Įretoris, he is at work in a modernly- the equipped laboratory.
Light - Ald Detachment. of Ordnance Corps attached to it; nt- ters on completion of training are
mechanics are quickly on the scene, qualined to tackle any kind of re- a great deal of scope and responsi-of a burgeon and soon the machine is mechanised unit of the Army has a diagnose the trouble with the akili pair to mechanical transport. Every bility. But the Nazis have aimed at rumbling on its way again, turning out "Yes-men," not leaders. As for the higher commanders,
* * many of them are able men. But they are not up to the best standards of the past, and it is doubtful whether they will have the firmness to with- stand the extravagant demands of the Nazi leaders.
Y'S MEN'S · CLUB
What are their ideas about using
According to Dr. Rosinski very fow of the leading professionai soldiers believe in a lightning victory, That is the pet idea of the Nazi politicians
The German generals nave fow The next meeting of the Hong- hopes of being able to follow the Kang Y's Men's Club will be held at classic German strategy of moving the residence of Mr. Ho Shlu-que, very rapidly so na to turn their 14 Koon Ma Terrace, Hoppy Valley, enemies' flanks. They may not even at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday, when Mr. be anxious to invade Holland or Del George A. Fitch, Associated General Blum er Switzerland to give them the Secretary of the Wor Servico for charice of doing this,
Boldiers, will be the speaker.
The importance of Army mechanics drafted to these. enn be judged by the fact that they For "heavy repairs", workshops pre attached to unlis as varied as the are maintained at the base, where Royal Engineers, the Royal. Ai nywelding, heat treatment of steel and Service Corps, the Royal Signals, the copper-smithing can be carried out. Royal Artillery and the Royal Army with the most up-to-date machinery. Ordnance Corps. While many of them have been recruited from young men with
Picture (3) These boy apprentices are receiving instruction at a training centre. in elementary forging, rivatting and welding heat treatment. Al the and of four years they will bo randy to
join the Royal Ordnance Corpi az Ar- maurers or Fitters.
In Picture (1) This young soldier- mechanie: la putting the inishing 1 touches to a seale model of a delicately adjusted machine. These "Joka” are often taken home to show to parent.
Picture (4) The sergeant Instructor is demonstrating machinery to carnest students at Mechanicsì. Transport branch class. Soon they will be able to take down and reassemble the meny
Picture (5) shows youthful pupils who are latening to a lecture at one of) the training schools, which supplement practical workshop training.
a mechanical aptitude, "SAPPERS", or Royal Engirivers, who prefer the Army to civilian em- employ skilled mechanics to maintain ployment, others join D training machinery used in tunnelling war- school, at the age of fourteen.
tare, sound-ranging • and -* noti-gas Some of there start as "Armourer measures, while the R.A.S.C., Driv- Apprentices" at the R.A.O.C. Depot, ing School turns out efficient driver parts of this machinery. where Intensive training, over a mechanics, acquainted with eve period of four or five years, is given nut and bolt of their vehicles.
every in the mechanics of Service weapons, Mechanics' rate of pay. vary, ac-. When training ends the fully-fledged [cording to the unit with which they
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