NAZI PESSIMIST
ARMY COMMANDER’S OUTLOOK SACRIFICES FOR LOST CAUSE Rugby, Dec. 19. The commander of the Ninth German Army, together with 20 men, surrendered to Soviet troops. The commander said: “I was transferred from France in 194 3. I always listened to London and Moscow radio news and that about the Teheran Conference astounded me. I was especially impressed by the fact that Germany will be attacked from east, south and west. The main German forces are now on the eastern front. “Under the Soviet blows Germany is suffering enormous losses. • The Russian offensive has weakened Germany and undermined her army. I wonder what will happen when the enormous untouched reserves of British and American forces are sent against Germany. There is no doubt the German Army will then perish. I don’t see the need for sacrificing myself and my men for a lost cause. Therefore, I give myself up to the Soviet troops.”
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 13333, 21 December 1943, Page 5
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