RIBBENTROP'S BOASTING
LONDON, Sept. 27. "Germany, Italy and Japan stand united,'" said von Bibbentrop, Germany's Foreign Minister, broadcasting on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Axis pact. "In spite of our tremendous victories the enemy is still contesting our gains. Hard battles lie ahead. The three Powers will continue to defeat the enemy wherever he be." Von Ribbentrop, referred to the vital importance of Stalingrad to the Germans. He said that with the taking of the city the Germans "will have struck a blow from which the Russians will not be able to recover. "Then," he added, "something great will happen." Ribbentrop spoke of the "almost complete destruction' of the ships in the Allied convoy, and boasted of what would happen to future convoys. He also referred to the R.A.F.'s bombing attacks on Germany and, promising reprisals, said, "Every bomb is being counted with great care." A British comment on Ribbentrop's statement is that Goebbels, who has been doing his best to speak of Stalingrad as of no special importance, will probably have something different to say.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 256, 28 September 1942, Page 5
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