DECLINING MORALE
ALL HOPES OF VICTORY ABANDONED LONDON, October 22. A serious decline has occurred in German morale, says the ' Daily Telegraph,' and reports from many quarters show that a crisis must develop if the Nazis fail to stop the rot. The German home broadcasts are more guarded than the foreign broadcasts, but nevertheless the average German knows that the Wehrmacht has suffered a long series of defeats in Russia and doubts whether the tide can be stemmed. ■ Underground reports agree that this pessimistic view is common throughout Germany. There is a belief that Germany cannot win the war, and hopes of a compromise peace are fading. The Germans generally realise that the U-boat campaign has failed, and for every intelligent German the British and Portuguese agreement on the Azores has killed any lingering hope of victory in the Atlantic.
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Evening Star, Issue 25003, 23 October 1943, Page 5
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140DECLINING MORALE Evening Star, Issue 25003, 23 October 1943, Page 5
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