"ERSATZ WEHRMACHT"
Plan for occupied
COUNTRIES
•• <Rec. 9 a.m.* NEW YORK, Dec. 26. Tli6 Stockholm correspondent of the ,*New York Times" says- itss reported In-informed quarters in Berlin that SSeld-Marshai Rommel will be withdrawn'and succeeded by General Nehfring. . . The correspondent also says it is reported from Berlin that plans have been completed to create an "ersatz consisting of 2,000,000 men drawn from the occupied # countries. < This auxiliary army, which is intended Jo make up the huge' German losses in' Russia, will be entrusted with only rdutine tasks with the German armies l?i the rear. It Will be trained in Germany and commanded by German officers. Belgium and Holland will be ordered to contribute 600,000 to 900,000 men, Estonia and Latvia 250,000, Ruthenia 100,000, the Ukraine 500,000, Norway 100,000, and France 200,000. The low figure for France reflects ttie German despair of French aid.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 154, 28 December 1942, Page 5
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143"ERSATZ WEHRMACHT" Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 154, 28 December 1942, Page 5
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