BELOW STRENGTH
German Divisions In Area Of Invasion MANY IMPRESSED FOREIGNERS Rec. 11.30 a.m. NEW YORK, June 15. German divisions in the invasion area are below strength, says Hanson Baldwin, New York Times military writer, who is on board the United States cruiser Augusta off the coast of Normandy. "German coast defence divisions," he states, "were composed of 50 per cent of impressed foreigners. Nazi Storm Troop inheritors of elite guards tradition are no longer all Nazi party members. Of the first 5000 German prisoners only 5 per cent were Nazi party members. German equipment is good and fairly plentiful, except for planes, but the German Army is not what is was a year ago."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 141, 16 June 1944, Page 5
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