THE "MERCIFUL" NAZIS
A review published in the official j 'Navy organ "Red Navy" seeks to explain the rapidity with which the British Navy got the German submarine menace under control, after the heavy I losses of the first two weeks as duel not to British seamanship but to the | mercifulness of the Germans, says a Moscow message to the "New York ! Times." i The argument is that on the opening of the peace offensive Germany i stayed her hand against Britain while ! awaiting a favourable reply. This theory is defended by pointing to the recent slight increase in British losses. No explanation is offered of the correspondence between the Increased im- [ munity of British ships and increasing German submarine losses. The author merely says that Germany is quite capable, o£ jjep^cing any, losses,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 4
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THE "MERCIFUL" NAZIS
Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 4
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