PARACHUTE TROOPS
NAZI REPLY TO FRENCH
THREAT
LONDON, May 12
In reply to the French announcement that any German parachute troops found disguised in Allied uniforms would be immediately shot, a German spokesman said that the parachute troops were regular troops of the German army wearing a special uniform and not camouflaged. Any illtreatment of captured parachute troops would result in prompt and very sharp counter-measures.
Meanwhile, the Germans are maintaining their parachute tactics in Belgium and Holland, but whereas parachute troops in Holland aimed at the capture of aerodromes, the purpose of parachute troops in Belgium was mainly concerned with sabotage and the circulation of alarmist rumours.
(Received May 14, 9.40 a.m.)
LONDON, May 13
The German High Command said that ten French prisoners would be shot, for every German parachutist who is shot.
The Brussels radio said that it has been proved the the German parachutists include women s
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 113, 14 May 1940, Page 7
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