RUSSIA’S MIGHT.
INVINCIBLE RED ARMY. STRENGTH OF POWERS. LONDON, April 17. Newspapers lengthily review a book “Military Strength of the Powers” by Max Werner—believed to bo a pseudonym. Competent military authorities state that it is a remarkable book and the figures appear to bo fairly accurate.
Werner’s main thesis is the invincibility and efficiency of the Russian Army which has at least 10,000 tanks, while its Air Force is the strongest and most expert in the world with at least 16,000 machines. Werner declares that in the event of war the Anglo-French Mediterranean fleets would he able effectively to blockade Italy and practically destroy her colonial empire. The book calls attention, to the enormous defensive power of the Maginot Line but says the French Air Force is unduly weak while the tank force is scarcely- adequate to meet tho Germans. GERMAN ESTIMATES. Werner speaks of the German Army with the greatest respect and suggests it would ultimately mobilise 300 divisions, though only 100 would be first line troops, while it is doubtful whether equipment is available for all. He estimates that Germany has 7000 tanks and its Air Force is also most powerful. Germany aims at 8000 to 10,000 ’planes by 1940. Despite this strength he believes a war on two fronts would again spell Germany’s doom.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 117, 18 April 1939, Page 7
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