OPINION OF THE HUN
TOUGHER THAN ITALIAN ANZACS’ EXPERIENCE READY TO CEDE ODDS (Reed. May 6, 9 a.m.) CAIRO, May 5. “The Hun is tougher than the Italian, but I would be happy to Tight against him again at odds of two or three to one if 1 had reasonable protection against air attack." This opinion, expressed by a sergeant with the Anzacs who fought in Greece against the Germans, is generally shared by the Australians and New Zealanders. They state that dive-bombing and dive machine-gun-ning undoubtedly unnerved the troops in the early stages, but before the campaign finished they realised that it was more noisy than destructive and low-flying enemy aircraft turned sharply away from concentrated machine-gun and rifle fire.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20547, 6 May 1941, Page 7
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