INVASION PLANS

Grey River Argus, 19 December 1940, Page 5

INVASION PLANS

More Intense SAYS LORD BEAVERBROOK. ' [British Official Wireless! I RUGBY, December 18. I The Ministry of Information say? in- reference to the Army:—“The brilliant victory in the Western Desert is the turning point of the war, but only in the sense that it promises to turn back the Mediterranean situation to where it was before Italy entered the war. Nevertheless, the victories of Greece and in Africa bar Herr Hitler’s road to the Mediterranean. Turkey, which might only have fought defensively, is now almost certain, when reaay, to take an-active part in the war on our side.

“The Fuehrer’s apparent inu—erence to his allys defeats supplies evidence of his refusal to allow any secondary events to disturb his own ■intense preparation, which is now being completed, for the fiercest attack against Britain ever delivered against any country. He is building new 'fleets of submarines, and is constructing new and better aircraft for next spring. He is organising masses of troops for a supreme effort of invasion. Herr Hitler hopes that tne disorganisation and demoralisation caused by the tremendous German air offensive will have thrown . into, confusion plans for resisting invasion.) Then, simultaneously, from NarVic to Bordeaux, new seagoing barges] will sail. It is for this we must prepare.”