NAZI OFFENSIVE
EARLY POSSIBILITY WARNING BY MINISTER ‘ALL, QUIET” TEMPORARY GERMANS MUST ACT (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Oflicinl Wireless.) Reed. 2 p.m. RUGBY, March 29. The Minister of Transport, Captain Euan Wallace, speaking at' Norwich, expressed gratified surprise that an aerial attack on British towns had not yet materialised. Stating that it seemed curious that Herr Hitler had not yet exploited the ■‘flying start” which was always the advantage of an aggressor, he said it would be a great mistake to assume that things were likely to remain “all quiet, on the Western Front ” The hardships and privation to which the German people had been subjected since the war began .would make it unlikely that they would submit to another winter without a determined effort to smash their way to victory. “There must be a serious possibility of a major German offensive on the Western Front in the near future, and I have no doubt that the British and French armies will be able to give a good account of themselves,” lie added.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20209, 30 March 1940, Page 6
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175NAZI OFFENSIVE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20209, 30 March 1940, Page 6
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