INVASION PREPARATIONS
MONTGOMERY CHOOSING HIS OFFICERS (Rec. 11.8 a.m.) London, Jan. 9. General Montgomery is hustling to get his group of British armies ready for the invasion of western Europe, says Morley Richards, the military writer of the “Daily Express.” He is handpicking his own officers, re-arranging commands and tightening up controls. Invasion headquarters in London awaits the arrival of the Supreme Commander, General Eisenhower, whose task it is to interlock all invasion fleets, armies and air forces. Marshal Rommel is reported to be in France directing anti-invasion manoeuvres along the coast. Berlin says 77,700 heavy guns have been placed along the Atlantic ramparts from northernmost Norway to the Spanish border and there are 3000 anti-aircraft guns between the Atlantic and the North Sea. From Narvik to the Pyrenees is more than 2000 miles. If estimates of gunfire are correct it would suggest many soft spots that can be attacked.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 10 January 1944, Page 2
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