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February 18, 1941.
Will Still INVASION
An
our stomachs, and we need more men-more skilled men-on the land.
And, of course, wo need more ships for the Navy, the mor- cantile marine, and, sooner or later, for invasion of the Con- tinent. Wo need neroplanes, thousands more than America is supplying. We need much more research in order to check the
have the attacks by day, and in
The Premier and the down our morale, dislocate our artery of Empire, the Mediter- night raids as effectively us we Secretary for War have re- communications and throw the ranean. minded us repeatedly that country into confusion.
And then we have to under- order to mobil se our minds, for the danger of invasion has American journalist has actually take the more positive duty of victory. not passed. A little-reflec- suggested that we were almost attacking the enemy on land If we examine the outlook at- tion shows that, this must be crushed in the second week of and defeating him. It is evident tentively we appear to need men September. It is quite untrue, that these tasks involve the use everywhere, and ip many places the case. The enemy now and it was a superficial as well
more than ever needs a de- cision.
He is making a parade of his
as an ungracious conclusion.
For the success of an invasion the enemy must command the
By
"Strategicus”
"new order" in Europe and he seas that separate him from the of troops but it is here that we more than in the type of army realises that if it is to have Continent for at least some may make a mistake.
we are attempting to produce. greater stability than a house of hours in order to get his troops I read in the newspapers that In the German Army it is cards he must wind up the ad- over safely. He must command 1,200,000 more may register by natural to depreciate the value venture while it is still standing. the air for a longer period to next June. Do we really need of human life. It la believed, By hook or by crook he must cover the landing and deploy- all these men in the Army, even says the "Daily Telegraph," that secure a decision and, recognis- ment.
admitting our heavy calls? "the German command may be
ing that his army is his He can command neither; and Within the dimensions of our willing to risk a million or more strongest arm, he sees his only chance lies in putting it into only by some perverse freak of peace strength we could have men in a series of tentative crossings in foggy weather, the this country. Only in that way luck could he secure the effect had a very formidable Army ff calculation being that the Bri- can he make effective use of his of that command. He would, of it had been built round the tish forces would be dispersed new tactical method which we, course, try various ingenious armoured division. With the re- to meet these, and at least one of course, invented and then feints and so hope to disperse sources at our disposed now we would secure a foothold towards ignored.
our defending forces; and it is could have an Army superior to which the whole German Army - for this reason that we have
coastline from the North Cape
No one
Holds Vast Coast
need of such constant vigilance any in the world; but only on would converge." He has prepared the trans- and of a large body of troops.. the same condition.
This, of course, minimises the ports, some of them most.in-
Fortunately, we have now a But if we accept that plan we difficulties of crossing to this to geniously designed carry Government which governs and shall not require these endless country and exaggerates the tanks and land them with the soldiers who command. The de- millions. It is quite truc, as I difficulties of defence. minimum waste of time. He fence of the country has been have suggested, we need con- so far in England has gone far- has a multitude of small craft, thoroughly worked out, and we siderable numbers since from ther than the estimate of half a some of them designed like small have a greater body of trained our strategic situation we have million men, and it seems dif- raiding corsairs. He used am- men in this country than ever to accept a considerable amount ficult to take seriously the pro- phibious tanks in Belgium. His before.
ject of getting half that nuniber of dispersion. dive-bombers we have seen.
Our country is extensive and across if the troops are to be He holds a vast stretch of Italy In Confusion in some places of considerable properly equipped for the condi-
But it is here that I think we depth. Our responsibilities in tlon. to the Bay of Biscay, with fine may reasonably ask a question. the Near East may centre in the Quality First deep-son ports, broad estuaries One of the main reasons that Suez Canal, but they stretch
But, even if the gross number and long, winding inlets.
Italy has been compelled to ad- north to Syria, west to Libya of men attempting to invade be He holds numbers of aero- mit defeat in Greece and Africa and southeast to Italian East much smaller, the number of the United Press Associations, who re-dromes dotted about over the is the confused state of mind Africa.
points at which attempts would Considerable numbers we must be made might be considerable. territory, he occupies. He has with which she entered upon under arms a great army of the campaign. There must be have, but do the Government The need for numbers is there- trained men, disciplined very no confusion in our minds or else require all the troops which are fore evident. highly and fanatically devoted we shall not need to be defeat- being announced? We have to Our problem is to take quality to the madman who is leading ed; we shall defeat ourselves.
fight with our pockets, as we as the end to aim at in raising We have first and always to have just been reminded, and our Army, and, that being de- Every now and then, almost keep this island inviolate. We this means that manufacture cided upon, secure sufficient to be delighted at the Italian chink nightly, the Royal Air Force have to be ever on the watch and trade must be maintained. form the best modern army in the Axis which General flies across the North Sea and with our minds as well as our We must fight with various the world, avoiding the lure of Wavell has now battered so destroys his ships and barges, yes, Then, next, we have to weapons, and in addition to mere numbers while allowing a badly that it is a serious flaw fires his quays, kills numbers of keep our grasp unloosened on those we can buy we must make considerable margin in excess of
the Near East and the vital vast quantities. We fight on our seen needs. in the triple Power framework. dromes useless for a longer or his troops and makes his acro- If the Duce's campaigns in shorter period. North Africa and Greece had With a sort of animal persist- THE MAGICIAN gone as he planned, the Mediter-ence, though being intelligent it is much more formidable, he ranean would have been lost to proceeds to repair, rebuild and the Allies, and perhaps with it, amass fresh resources,
He the confidence of Turkey, the knows that there is but one way
of winning the war. grudging neutrality of Spain and the potential threat to the Nazis from French Algeria,
in
MULTIPLYING FRONTS
ABLE British strategists must
The reverse having come truc, Hitler must be seriously con- cerned over the possibilities of Britain taking the offensive to Italy itself. The bombardment of Genoa revealed the unwilling ness of the Italian fleet to meet our units and pointed to the ac- cessibility of the long Italian
our-
them.
German-Opinion
"The German people," said General Kabisch a fortnight ago, "indulge in the optimistic view air force. The fact remains that that the war can be won by the
the only way it can be won is by throwing troops into England.
The difficulties of such a pro- rate its possibility. The present ject should not lead us to under-
German strategy is motived by the dosire to strike at the "soft spots"; but there may be a danger in misinterpreting the
The weak spot may be the strength, is left unguarded. The place which, because of its
Mouse line was thought to be so strong that it was left almost undefended; and so the Germans were able to cross it into the three armoured divisions. heart of France with two or
coastline to our landing parties. term.
We have consolidated selves in Crete and perhaps we are already in a position to rush trained personnel to Albania if the Germans add their weight to the attempted invasion of Greece. From the nature of the terrain it would appear that
Bravery is no fit opponent for numbers count for little in the a tank; still less is it a match Albanian battle; skilled artillery when it is taken unawares. and tanks and first class avia-. What is the meaning of the tion-in which the British are prolonged air offensive against superior-will be sufficient to Britain? It has gone through hold the enemy in check inde- many phases; but its final end is finitely, considering the two the same. It is a preparation facts that the Nazis cannot for Invasion. It is hoped to afford unlimited forces to smash break down or wear out the Air through the Balkans; if there is Force-a forlorn hope, submission on the part of Yugo- Failing that, or in so far as it Slavia and Bulgaria to providing fails, the design is to break a channel, for the Nazis, the | ---
Royal Air Force can wreaktain must let them know that they havoc on the communication will not thus escape participation in lines of those countries.
the war. The choice before such countries la as plain an It is un- pleasant. If they resist the Nazis by force they will have our ald; if they acquiesce without a 'struggle they
are certainly lost,
Sprawling like an octopus over the victims she has crushed in Central Europe, Germany will have to give her attention The winter has been a black one; to fighting on a Balkan front but it could have been worse. The and an Italian front. while | Axi
Axis hos exploited its most fearful fearful always of a British blitz weapons and they have failed. On
the sea and land and in the air
the anywhere on the thousand mile Empire forces have shown that they North Sen coastline. Millions posses
possess better equipment and leader- of men must be mobilised and ship than the enemy. Cracks in the ready, and the cost of such pre-
constructed totalitarian struc- hastly ture, have slown that its foundations, cautions, wasting while they are are weak. It may take a long time not used, will be terrific..
to beat Germany and her Allies to their knees, but that it will be done nobody really doubts.
If Yugo-Slavia" and Bulgaria do collapse before Nazi demands, Bri-
ما
BY BILLIKEN
I am
Adolf, the
magician, and here I
have my magic wond and my wonderful. top-hat
I pronounce
the magic word, and, behold, thou sands of planes fly out of the hat over
to Britain
and then,
they disappear. again!
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