Big Job To Organise Modern Army
(Received 2 p.m.) LONDON. September 15,
Outlining the enormous tasks necessary to bring the modern army into being, the Ministry of Information, in a communique,, states: “The lie has already been given to assiduous German stories that Britain intends to fight this war by the agency of her Allies. “Britain did not do so in 1914-18 and will not do so today. “The organisation of the army of 1939 will mark another big advance, even on 1914-18. “About five persons were required to keep one soldier In the line in 1918 and probably more are necessary today. “It must be remembered that the War Cabinet’s announcement that it was framing plans on the assumption of a three years’ war reflects the truth that the army must not only be brought into being, but it must be kept in being. “That is the difference between the British and German preparations. “The German preparations are again apparently based on the hope of a lightning war. Britain’s are not."
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Northern Advocate, 18 September 1939, Page 3
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