Enemy’s Final Fate in Tunisia is Sealed
Montgomery Won’t Strike Before He is Ready Received Friday, 11.25 p.m. LONDON, Mar. 12. General Montgomery told the Tass (Moscow) News Agency correspondent with the Eighth Army that the fighting in Tunisia would be severe and stubborn. The Axis Powers would do their utmost to hold on during the summer and then launch offensive counterattacks to disrupt our preparations if possible. “But the enemy’s final fate here is sealed,’’ he said. “I always go for certainties. That is why our preparations must be complete and unhurried. ’ ’ After paying tribute to the Red Army which has shown miracles of heroism and whose operations helped the Eighth Army to achieve victory. General Montgomery said: “Whatever happens in the future, one thing is clear. The Germans will not succeed in altering the general military situation. Our preparations may appear slow but the coming blow will be powerful and decisive.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 61, 13 March 1943, Page 5
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