GERMANY NEEDS MEN.
REPORTED REQUEST TO ITALY.
RUSSIA AND OCCUPIED EUROPE.
WASHINGTON, October 19.
That Germany had asked Italy to send 1,000,000 soldiers into Russia, France, and Yugoslavia, and that the Nazis would then attack Italy itself was a suggestion made by Mr Breckinridge Long, Assistant-Secretary of State, when addressing a gathering of 125 Italian-American societies. “The recent experiences of most other countries in Europe give plenty of ground for the fear of the Italian people that if they send their soldiers away they will bare their breasts to an attack from their so-called friends and allies. “The significance of the German demand should not be overlooked. It means that the German army has sulfered such stupendous losses in Russia that it has been compelled to call on Italy in order to keep the German war machine going.” The speech was broadcast on snortwave to Europe in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 8, 21 October 1941, Page 5
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