ON HITLER’S ORDERS
SACKING OF WEYGAND DEFENCE PLANS REFUSED (Reed. Nov. 21, 1 la.m.) LONDON, Nov. 20. The Daily Express says that General Weygand, Vichy delegategeneral in Africa, was sacked on Hitler’s orders because he refused to disclose his plans for North African defence during a three-day conference with Marshal Petain. ViceAdmiral Platon has gone to Africa to gather afresh the information which General Huntziger was bringing back when he was killed in a plane crash.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20619, 21 November 1941, Page 5
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76ON HITLER’S ORDERS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20619, 21 November 1941, Page 5
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