TROOPS AND VEHICLES
NAZI PREPARATIONS IN RUSSIA
Rec. 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, Mar. 5. The Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm newspaper "Svenska Dagbladet" reports that German troop trains filled with young recruits and new motorised units are streaming eastward daily.
The main roads to Russia have been strengthened to withstand heavy motor vehicles. Thousands of stakes are spread like a carpet to prevent motor vehicles becoming bogged when the snow melts. Dikes have been erected to collect flood water, bridges have been strengthened against floods by concrete pillars, and bridge-building material has been assembled on the banks of rivers to immediately replace bridges which may be washed away.
Berlin radio declared that a new defence line, described as being like the Siegfried Line, is being built on the northern coast of France, and that already 135 miles have been completed, with concrete emplacements and bomb-proof blockhouses. It is claimed that the line is proof against possible parachutist attacks.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 55, 6 March 1942, Page 8
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