BIG INCREASE.
ALLIED ARMIES. Number Of Divisions Will Equa oW- , ; German. ....... g . jg- MAGINOT LINE LENGTHENED. str . •• . . * ' , • • > X* ■ S- ■ United Press Association.—Copyright. & , ■ V'-: * ■ : : JSf- i:( . s?{; - •■ ; ; . ; V.;_ •• g! •- . (Received noon.) _V §?•; . LONDON, January 12. S?" -.There - have been-tremendous increases .in the strength, of the Alliec armies, according- lo two distinguished soldiers. .. . .• Sir Charles Gwynn.told the Australian Associated;. Pre&s that 500,000 well* .trained men had been added to Britain's fighting strength since the outbreak oi .• the war. •'Y ; ,• Two hundred thousand militiamen had completed their training before January and a-.second group was well advanced. An increasingly large number of training camps Was operating. General Duval, in an article in the Paris "Journal," says he is convinced that Germany will not be able to dispose more divisions than the Allies next \ spring. • The Maginot Line had been prolonged westwards to the North, Sea and east- • wards almost to the Jura Mountains. A German manoeuvre. through Belgium or Switzerland would really mean only a German ? frontal' attack on a more extended front. '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 11, 13 January 1940, Page 10
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169BIG INCREASE. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 11, 13 January 1940, Page 10
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