ITALY'S PREPARATIONS
JUST FOR VICTORY
BRITAIN BLOODY BUT HANGING ON
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)
(Received January 17, 10 a.m.) LONDON, January 16. Mr. Ronald Gross, Minister of Shipping, in a broadcast to America, said:
"The splendid Army of the Nile has become the spearhead of Britain's regained military offensive, strength. It may not be possible to engage our real enemy, Germany, for some time, but Germany will continue to receive our attention by air and the sea blockade. "Italy's preparations during nonbelligerency were not for war, but for a share in the victory to be achieved by Germany. Mussolini now finds it more dangerous to be Hitler's ally than Hitler's enemy, but however badly Italy is faring herself she is still useful to Germany. "The war is only beginning. The black eye, bleeding nose, and hits below the belt of which Britain has had many do not matter. We know we can hang on."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 14, 17 January 1941, Page 8
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