Nazi Losses Put At 4½-Million Men

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 266, 8 November 1941, Page 8

Nazi Losses Put At 4½-Million Men

STALIN DECLARES INVADER WILL BE DESTROYED CONFIDENT SPEECH (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Nov. 6. Joseph Stalin’s statement in Moscow ,on the anniversary of the Soviet Revolution that so far the Germans have lost more than 4£-million men killed, wounded and prisoners has made a great impression in London. Mr. Stalin put the Russian fosses at 350,000 killed, 1,020,000 wounded, and 378,000 missing. Equally striking is Mr Stalin’s con fldent assurance that the Russian Army —whose morale is of the highest—is, by its heroic resistance, already beating the Germans. “The enemy,” said Mr Stalin, “has thrown in his whole strength to capture Moscow and Leningrad before the real winter starts, but has failed. Our valiant partisans are disorganising the enemy’s rear. The whole of our army is supported by our rear communications in full strength. The Red Army has still to face difficult tasks, but will be able to cope with them. Our co-operation with Great Britain and the support of our cause by the United States are two of the main reasons which will lead to Germany’s defeat. “Thq Nazi regime is a mediaeval system which can only be compared with the Czarist regime,” Mr Stalin declared. “The Nazis simply want to get rid of everyone who is up against them. An order of the German High Command says: *You must not have any heart; you must not show any pity; your task is to kill and clear everything from your path.” “If the Nazi invaders want total war they will get it,” declared Mr Stalin. “It will be our task to destroy every single German who has set foot on our soil. The Nazis are not human beings; they are beasts. It is up to us to strike the final blow against Hitler’s imperialism.” Certain unfavourable factors, continued Mr Stalin, had compelled the retreat of the Russian Army. One was the absence of a second front in Europe, which had considerably lightened the task of the German Army. The other was the great Russian inferiority in numbers of tanks, although in quality they were superior, as were the Russian aircraft and artillery. “Modern war is a war of motors,” the Soviet leader added. “Within a certain period, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union will have three times as many motorised vehicles as Germany. We were promised tanks at the Moscow conference, and the first tanks are already pouring in. Our strength will grow. “It Is not our aim to occupy any alien country. Oar purpose is to liberate our own country and to come to the assistance of the oppressed Slavonic nations. After freeing them from Hitler we will leave them to create their own forms of life without meddling in their affairs. “The country must work to make more tanks, more planes, more shells, and more guns for the Red Army. There must be more wheat coming from our farmers until destruction of the Nazi gang is assured. We are able to fulfil this task, and we are going to accomplish it. Our cause is just. Victory will be ours.”