Hiller May Attack Gibraltar
Diversion to Cover Failure of Blitzkreig SCHEME WILL FAVOUR BRITAIN United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Friday, 9.20 p.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 27. The New York Ilerald-Tribune says a responsible European Government has informed its Embassy in Washington that Germany will soon be abandoning her attack on Britain in favour of the occupation of the remainder of France preparatory to an attempt to take Gibraltar and bottle qp the Royal Navy. The Germans have concentrated 26 divisions at Bordeaux and Biarritz. Hitler desires a diversion to cover the failure of the Battle for Britain, also to force Spain into an alliance. This scheme favours Britain insofar as it will free the French colonies from loyalty to Vichy. The State Department has noted the synchronisation of offensive movements in Europe and the Far East.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 230, 28 September 1940, Page 7
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