FRENCH GENERAL’S WARNING
TO ITALY AND GERMANY STRENGTH OF MAGINOT LINE [U.P.A —By Electric Telegraph— Copyright! (Received Ist February, 9.0 a.m.) PARIS, 31st JanuaryGeneral Giraud, military Governor of Metz, speaking to Army Reserve officers to-day, said: “It is essential for the Italians and the Germans to realise that they would commit suicide if they started a war against France. “There is only one chance in a hundred for our enemies to force the fortifications stretching from Basle to Belgium. Aircraft would be unable to force a decision.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 1 February 1939, Page 7
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