Russian Criticism Of Allied Strategy

Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 221, 17 September 1943, Page 5

Russian Criticism Of Allied Strategy

Received Thursday. 8 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 16. The Allied failure to occupy Genoa simultaneously with the landings near Naples is criticised by the Red Army newspaper Red Star. It says the failure to seize Genoa will enable the

German High Command more easily to carry out its defence plan for Italy. It adds: “The German force in Southern Italy is not considerable. There are probably not more than two or three divisions in the Naples area, but there are no Allied troops in Northern Italy because the Germans took advantage of the Allies’ failure and themselves occupied Genoa which controls the road to the north. Hitler says Germany offered extensive help to Italy but it was rejected. The whole world knows the facts are precisely the contrary. Germany was unable to help Italy Realise the German reserves are pinned down on the Russian front.”