AXIS REACTIONS TO INVASION
NEWS CAUSES SENSATION IN BERLIN LONDON, July 12. The first news of the landings in Sicily caused an> enormous sensation in Berlin, reports the Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm paper, ' Tidningen.' The German public regards Sicily as a test of Axis military strength. A report received in Stockholm from Berne says that the Italian fleet has left Spezia. . The Berne correspondent of the ' New York Times' says that early German appraisals, of the Allied landings do not minimise their initial success and ultimate strategic importance. It is assumed that the Allies intend to expand the south-eastern corner of Sicily into a huge springboard _ for invasion of the mainland. The Italian public has not been given official details of the progress of the fighting, but has been offered a spate of " pep" editorials and articles stressing determination to aid the people of Sicily in the defence of their homes.
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Evening Star, Issue 24915, 13 July 1943, Page 3
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152AXIS REACTIONS TO INVASION Evening Star, Issue 24915, 13 July 1943, Page 3
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