THE GERMAN . NAVY .
UNEXPECTED PROGRESS
PERSONNEL OF 50,000
EFFICIENCY DOUBTED
(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.)
(Received November 18, 11 a.m.)
LONDON, November 17.
British official circles understand that the personnel of the German navy at present numbers 50,0Q0, reflecting unexpected progress, because when the Naval Treaty was signed the aim was 70,000 by 1942.
British officials do not underestimate the efficiency of the German naval unit, which is probably 90 per cent, that of the British, but they doubt its strategical efficiency, which from the Nazi viewpoint demands colossal enemy sinkings without cost. For this reason it is believed, that the pocket-battleships are avoiding the trade routes, where they are likely to be sunk.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1939, Page 13
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