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March 18, 1940.

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Some of the men who wore rescued from the Altmark.

AT Shepherd's Bush they are tactful man, and they did their due to "shoot" the Altmark stuff obediently all over again rescue episode which, with the and were enjoying their new job the River as actors before their part of the reconstruction of Plate battle, 'should make this proceedings came to an end. tale of newsreel enter- prise, entitled "For Free- dom," one of the out- atandingly "actual" pic- tures of the year.

GRAF SPEE

This would not have been possible if the Government authorities had not smiled upon the idea.

ALTMARK

FILM

The battle sequences were done at sea.

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, Will Fyffe plays the editor of the were some of the heroes them the newsreel which, in aclvca.

story, brings of this remark- able "scoop." Anthony Hulme

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 clauseВ. 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.

Naval officers tend to become is the son, also in the newsreel PICTURE ARTICLE uneasy at any suggestion of being displayed as "heroes," and office, who argues in favour of a one quiet young lieutenant con- peace film, whilst his forceful fused to me that they felt a bit the thinks that a war film is sheepish at having to parade be- The merchant captains who fore the applauding multitudes were imprisoned in the Graf in the streets, much as they Spec appear in person. They were stirred by the warmth of 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 actors.

ARTICLE on WAR

Nazi generals don't believe in the Blitzkrieg

THAT is the German Army

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They are thinking, he says, frontal attacks, These are not to All of us are he decided by a sudden stroke, but One side will On the by a long struggle, asking this question. morning ferry, over the lunch eat away the enemy's position until table, in slack minutes. at the he collapses. office, it is one of the big pro-

This is very much like Joffre's idea It blems which dominate conversa-of "nibbling" in the last wur.

tion.

None of us knows the answer, But to make a good guess, to have an idea of the way a German general or high staff oflicer will see the alter- natives open lu him; one has to know what the German Army 1s, how it

bears out Rosinski's contention that the Germans have lost their old pre- entinence in what is called the higher study of war."

In any case the Germans in Poland went all out for the polley Rosinski says their leaders don't believe in-

is organised, and the way its leaders" sudden decisive blow by strong

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

German a new book called "The Army," by Herbert Rosinski. It is published to-dby Hythe Hogarth!

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mechanised forces or air, attack."

But It is probable that they don't believe such toelics to be possible in the west.

Rosinski says tlist German methods Reginak is very well-known of tactical training are very good. writer and lecturer di naval and But he also say that the standards military problem. And he is a for young officers are very low.

Gelman refugison from/HIUer. He telen to take you wider German

officer's skin;

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"Six years of Nazi rule," he says, "have to depressed the intellectual lovel even of the high schools that the military authorities are at their wits end where to find the necessary number of acceptable candidates."

The whole truth about the German that it

There won't be enough officers for Army, and its tragedy, is embodies a noble idea gone wrong. a few years, and those there are will

The ides in selfoss devotion to not for the most part be good. duty. Everybody is compelled to And the Nazis have difficulty in serve the State, and yet everybody anding N.C.O.'s, too, docuit of his own free will.

The Instructors are excellent but

It has gone wrong in many ways, the pupils poor, but chiefly because the individual"What does"l! 'all amount to? wasn't encouraged to think for him-

The Germans are fine soldiers, but self whether the State was a healthy their younger leaders have not had and cound one. The German. was enough training nor an education taught to think that blind loyalty was which has taught them how to think better than intelligent loyalty, and It for themselves. isn't so good.

dual.

The machine ignored the indivi- The German command formed the habit of thinking that materials counted for more than men,

The Germans get their strength from their devotion to duty plus their technical enclency,

it?

"This year, Elwyn and I have decided to economizo-we'ro not buying anything we can't get on credit!"

HANDYMEN

THE ARMY

OF THE

HIGHLY SKILLED, scienti-armourer is capable" of examining are serving, but they are appreciably fically trained mechanics-the and adjusting rangefinders, telescopic higher than those paid to the less- rifle sights and prismatic compasses, specialised infantryman. In peace- British Army's handymen and can strip and reassemble a Bren time, the Army mechanic returns to

well-paid civilian Jobs, boast that they can "make or machine gun water

At another Ordnance school boys mend anything and every-

are trained as alters, and become thing.”

More often than not they have to work under extremely difficult con- ditions. A lorry, or a tank, or o feld-gun, cach with its own com- plicated mechanism, may need their expert attention...

Speed is imperative; there may be

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by ERIC HICKS

The British Army prides itself on turning out mechanics who are also no small measure, sticntists in trained by the latest methods and provided with modern equipment for the necomplishment of their dificult and often hazardous tasks.

a long line of "urgent" traffe be

PICTURE (1) shows an officer in The Germans have always beloved hind the stricken monster. Army

mechanics are quickly on the scene, qualified to tackle any kind of ro- the final stages of his training as an in allowing the "man on the spot"

diagnose" the trouble with the skill pair to mechanical transport: Every Army chemist. With test tubes and a great deal of scope and response of a surgeon and soon the machine is mechanised unit of the Army has a relorts, ho la at work in a modernly- bility. But the Nazis have almed of

Light Ald Detachment of the equipped laboratory. turning out "Yes-men," not leaders, rumbling on its way again.

Ordnance Corps attached to it; at- tere on completion of training are The importance of Army mechanics drafted to these.

As for the higher commanders, many of them are able. mon. But they are not up to the best standards

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Picture (2) These boy apprentices ard receiving Instruction at a training centre in eleméntary forging, rivetting and walding heat treatment. At the end of four years they will be ready to Join the Hoyal" Ordnance Corps as Ar- mourers or Fittera

In Pletoro (8) This young soldier. mechanic putting the Antabing touches to a scale model of delicately adjusted machine. These "joba" are

For heavy repairs", workshops of the past, and it is doubtful whether can be judged by the fact that they

are attached to units as varied as the are maintained at the base, where they will have the firmness to with- What are their Ideas about using stand the extravagant demands of Royal Engineers, the Royal Anny welding, heat treatment of steel and

the Nazi lenders.

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. According to Dr. Rosinski very pustas DAN ANG STA

Ordnance Corps. While many of few of the leating professional

them have been recruited from young believe in a'lightning victory. soldiers

men with a mechanical aptitude, That is the pot idea of the Nazi

"SAPPERS de Royal engineers, who prefer the Army to civilian em-employ mechanics to maintain politicians [Pa

training machinery Used In tunnelling war- The next meeting of the Hong-ployment, others join a Low The German generals navo, hopes of being able to follow the kong X's Men's Club will be held at school, at the age of fourteen. fare, sound-ranging and anti-gas to residence of Mr. Ho Shiu-quoj Some of these start as "Armourer measures, while the RAS.C., Dilv- classic German strategy of moving very rapidly so na to turn their 14 Koon Ma Terrace, Happy Valley. Apprentices at the RA.OC. Depot, ing School turns out efficient driver-parts of the machinery."

a mechanics, acquainted with overy enemies' flanks, They may not even at 0.30 pm. on Thursday, when Mr.where intensive training, be anxious to invade Holland or Bel- George A. Fitch, Assoclated General period of four or five years, is given nut and bolt of their vehicles. Klum or Switzerland to give them the Secretary of the War Service for in the mechanics of Service weapons, Mechinnies rate of pay vary, ac-

Soldiers, will be the speaker,

When training ends the fully-fledged cording to the unit with which they chance of doing this."

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often linken home mergeant instructor is, demonstrating machinery to earnost students at Mechanical Transport branch class. Hoon they will be abla to take down and ronfiemble the mRNY Picture (5) shows youthful pupils who are stoning to a lectura at one of the training, schools, which supplement. practical workshop training,

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