CRISIS FOR GERMANY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 35, 10 August 1943, Page 5

CRISIS FOR GERMANY

MANY WORRIES

GRIM FACTS OF WAR

LONDON, August 9

"The Times" reviews the implications of the recent meetings of the German military and Nazi parties at Hitler's headquarters. It points out that though Berlin reports make no mention of the presence of any Italian representative, it was the Mussolini debacle and the following events that gave the discussions their immediate urgency. The paper says that Germany has now come to a clear crisis in the war.

The Allied victory in the Mediterranean, the tremendous blows of the Russian armies, and the increasing successes of the war on the U-boats, says "The Times," have caused the gravest deterioration of the German military situation. The devastating air offensive has profoundly affected the home front. The paper goes on to paint out that in addition to the blows of the R.A.F. the Germans have something to worry about. Hitherto, they could console themselves that no matter what happened in the winter, the summer at least belonged to them. This year, except for one German offensive which swiftly expired, it is the Russians who are attacking with great power and outstanding success. The military weakness of Italy has imposed new obligations on Germany at a moment when she cannot afford to withdraw divisions from the Eastern Front. "Everywhere they look, the tired Germans 'can see only-- grim facts," the paper says. The German man-power chief, who is touring France in an effort to speed up the dispatch of workers to Germany, told a Paris audience that the Germans were not alarmed because Hitler has kept out of the limelight recently. "On the contrary," he said, "the present silence of the Fuhrer is evidence of his great strength. He has the German armies just where he wants them, and has the utmost confidence in them." The speaker did not say whether the confidence was mutual.