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In London, five of the 300,000 unevacuated children play at forry-boating in a water-filled bomb crater.
IT is a popular belief that
time is working against Hitler. Not long ago the utterances of an important man gave him fifteen months within which he must win the war or face defeat. The argument fol- lowing on that belief is that, since he is well aware of the time-limit, there is only one way out of his dilemma- an invasion of Britain.
But the situation is not quite so simple as that.
Hitler and the men behind him have shown themselves capable of great blunders. But they have also demons. trated that they give very careful consideration to their individual actions.
Would it therefore not be
RUSSIA
is
Hitler's
BY DR
Plum
HERMANN RAUSCHNING
Former intimate of Hitler, and one-time President of the Danzig Senate, Dr Rauschning, now in exile, knows the German dictator's mind better than anyone outside of Nazi coteric. He is the author of "The Revolution of Nihilism." This article was penned before the Nazimove against Stalin last month, and analyses the reasons why such, a step should be on Hitler's programme.
THERE
can be no doubt that in the younger circles of the "technocracy" (including, jof course, the army officers) there
is much sympathy and admira- tion for German skill and or- · ganisation capacity.
In addition to great spectacu- lar successes, Hitler might alas gain just what he needs for the sustaining of German morale after a difficult winter.
If certain symptoms of over- centralisation and lack of ini tiative on the part of officials employed in all branches of. Russia's vast civil and military machinery lead to reverses,
there is ground for fear of the possibilities of breakdowns in the lines of communications, in the supply departments and in the technical side of military operations.
These would soon lead to
The Soviet Union needs its The only obstacles in a drive the immediate aim of the oil for its own use, and cannot from Rumania to Baku and chaos. German High Command to supply sufficient quantities to Georgia would be rivers, which endeavour to gain a longer Germany without facing
time-limit and so avoid being breakdown of its mechanised importance as military lines of Russia are not to be sought in a have lost much of their former ANY objections to the possi- bility of a German attack on placed in a situation in which agricultural industry.
defence--because-of-the-use-of-doubts of its success, but-in-the- everything has to be staked
enally assembled pontoon
question of Hitler's ability to on a single card?
We might, therefore, see a re- petition of the situation in 1917- bridges.
curry the German people with 18, when Ludendorff proceeded He would avoid the waste of him in yet another change of has sustained a heavy order to make sure of acquiring in western Russia in 1914-15, reverse may be in a position the corn and oil he required.
which proved 50 costly in to undertake new military
casualties.
A BELLIGERENT who to occupy Russian territories in time entailed by the campaign political front.
.
operations after the lapse of IF Hitler should decide that an alliance with Russin is less weeks or months, but it
important than the acquisition
This question can be an- swered unreservedly in the af- firmative. Competent opinions In fact, he would begin at the in Germany came to the con-
would be very difficult for of corn and oil, or if he should point reached by the Germans clusion long ago that Hitler has been forced to abandon his ini- him to set about the conquest consider himself able to dis- in 1917.
tin tactics of always isolating. of new territories containing pense with Russian military as» · If we can credit certain in-
one battlefront.' In any case P necessary oil and corn sup- sistance, or if Russin should re- formation which has reached us,
'"blitzkrieg" against Russia plies at such a psychological. icct a proposal for a military he has already stationed special would eliminate the longstand- ly unfavourable moment. alliance, an offensive against the
Soviet Union would bring him forces in the extreme north of; Hitler needs oil Of that certain military and political Norway, while we may note that ing German-Russian front by there is no doubt. He can- advantages in addition to the recently German-Finnish rela- producing in Russia a state of chaos which would free Ger- corn and oil he needs.
tions have grown visibly not draw adequate supplies
many's back, as it did in 1917. from his synthetic oil plants
For this reason a diversion of
This is the one large-scale and from the. Rumanian oil German policy to a knock-out We may also state that, the wells, especially as the latter blow against Russia was deemed Soviet Union, which was obvi- enterprise which can be under-
to be within the bounds of possi- ously spared
taken without placing an over- could be destroyed with com- bility as far back as last sum- slaught last year on account of great strain on the already de-
parative case.
mer.
warmer.
operations in Turkey or the Balkans or of combined land. and sen operations in the Eastern Mediterranean.
д German on-
His need of other raw ma→ ·
Britain's surprising resistance, pleted man-power reserves. But there are other considera- has already given away its best. The sumie cannot be said of terials likewise forces him to tions in favour of this attack on line of, defence. seek a way out of the block- Russia. As renders will re- ade.
member, they were depicted This is a line running, from fifteen years ago in Hitler's the Rumanian mountain chain There is a way out which, "Mein Kampf" as the decisive to the Iron Gato on the Danube if taken in time, will render operation for German world and thence through Jugo-Slavin him independent of the ad- supremacy after the defent of to the Adriatic. verse time-limit. That is, if France. he can become self-sufficing
THE annexation of vast ex- panses of Soviet territory
The German war machine has THE lively activity infused and the restriction of European into the creation of a Fifth Russia to the arcas comprised in the most essential raw been planned for the vast Con- Column in Russia is proof that in the ancient Grand Duchy of materials to an extent which timental spaces. will enable him to pool all Ludendorff was wont to say and the Ukraine.
German policy and strategy still oscow would also enable Hit- ler to convince the German envisage acquisition of Georgia
musses that for all practical Europe's industrial potentia- that against Russia and on
purposes Germany could never lities.
Russian soil all military opera- Although it is unnecessary to be forced to sue for peace.
The give serious belief to the tales
Germans would only Then he need no longer tions would be successful. fear the combination of the Another utterance main of Ukrainian peasants who hide need to sit still and invite their British and American indus- tained that in a future war Ger- Hitler's portrait behind their European possessions-if they trial war efforts and the many could defent Russin in as icons, it cannot be denied that could! future flood of American many weeks as she had needed Soviet regime which prevails in sion of unlimited quantities of
the dissatisfaction with the
To sum up: Once in posses- months in the last war.
certain areas would be of great corn and oll, secure from all at- tacks on the Continent excopt UNDOUBTEDLY an offensive assistance to the invaders. PRACTICAL experience against Russia offers Hitler But the decisive factor in to by way of the air and with lines has shown that there very favourable prospects. be sought in the political reiin-, of retreat extending to beyond is little prospect of making From the bases acquired by bility of the Russian High Com- the Ural Mountains, would not up the necessary quantities bloodless methods last winter he mand rather than in its military National Socialism bo invinci of corn and oil by means of could launch a pincers move qualities, ie, the extent to ble? What alternative would the ment which would have an al- which the Russian army is per- enemy have except a draw commercial agreements with most mathematical certainty of meated with sympathisers of which would leave Hitler in the Soviet Union.
National Socialism,
· possession of all his conquests?-
arms.
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