NO LONGER ACADEMIC
INVASION OF ENGLAND
GERMAN NAVAL OFFICER'S
OPINION
(Received July 17, 9 a.m.)
BERLIN, July 15.
Rear-Admiral Gadow, in an article in . the "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung," said: "Invasion of England is no longer academic but practical."
The writer cites the views of British experts that the development of submarines, aeroplanes, and wireless has strengthened England's defences, and mentions also the advantage of the attacker. He emphasises the practicability of landing ti:oops and equipment by parachute. "The possibilities in this manoeuvre were demonstrated by the transport of Moroccan troops to Spain and the British activities m Egypt. Cyprus, and Palestine." '•-* he adds.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 14, 17 July 1939, Page 8
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