FRENCH FLEET
NAZI DESIGNS. 8.0.W. RUGBY. February 22. The French corvette, Alice, was sunk by a torpedo, while on convoy duty in the Atlantic. Thirteen of the crew are missing. i WASHINGTON, February 22. Authentic reports reaching Washington indicate that the Vichy Government’s resistance to complete cooperation with Germany is rapidly crumbling. The conviction is growing in Washington that the movement of units of the German fleet, from Brest is part of a plan which includes the use of the French fleet in the coming German major offensive. It is feared that, at the proper moment, Germany will compel France to hand over the French fleet, and to grant the use of bases in the Mediterranean and Africa, under threat of dire penalties on unoccupied France and against French prisoners of war. Hitler’s fears that he must achieve a victorious conclusion of the war this year, or lose, will make him utterly ruthless, with those attempting to withhold from him resources which he feels are necessary for victory.
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Grey River Argus, 24 February 1942, Page 8
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