Trapped Germans May Escape by Sea
ONLY WAY OUT OF CAUCASUS LONDON, Jan. 27. The German armies in the Caucasus, whose retreat the Russians threaten to cut off, may attempt to escape by the Black Sea. Turkish reports state that all Axis ships in Turkish and Bulgarian ports have been ordered to Novorossisk, the German-held port on the Black Sea coast in Western Caucasia. This would suggest that von List’s forces have abandoned their attempts to reach Rostov. Military observers have predicted that speedy Russian advances through the Northern Caucasus would cut off the German line of retreat, leaving the sea the only means of escape. If the Germans attempt to escape from Novorossisk, they will run the gauntlet of the Soviet Black Sea fleet. The Vichy radio to-day said that the Germans on the southern sector of the Eastern Front have begun a methodical and orderly withdrawal.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 24, 29 January 1943, Page 5
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