ATTACK ON MALTA PLANNED
“May Be Launched In 10 Days” AXIS MASSING FORCES (Received January 13, 9.30 p.m.) (U.P.A.) LONDON, January 12. The Madrid correspondent of the “Daily Mail” says it is reported that enemy preparations for an attack on Malta include the concentration of German shock troops at all vantage points in southern Italy from Brindisi to Syracuse. Reinforcements for a week have been pouring southward through the Brenner Pass and the Luftwaffe has assembled a vast armada of troopcarriers, transport aeroplanes, bombers, and fighters in Sicily, and also on aerodromes in the toe of Italy. The suggestion that an assault is not far distant is strengthened the fact that the German military authorities have relaxed their secrecy about the preparations. Reports from Rome say that the attack may be launched within 10 days.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23536, 14 January 1942, Page 5
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