80 CRITICAL DAYS
(Rec. noon) RUGBY, Oct. 6. The Minister for Production (Mr Lyttelton said to-day that the 80 critical days be predicted on July 18 were now over and none would wish to live them again. At the time he made the prediction the German offensive was in full swing and the situation in Egypt was far more critical than it is now. He chose 80 days, he added, because from about, this time it was impossible to launch a fresh campaign in Russia momentous enough to attain major strategical gains’, though tactical gains might still bo won. Though it was true the war was now entering another phase, it was necessary to redouble our work in all parts of the war machine.—Official Wireless.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 264, 7 October 1942, Page 5
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