“MOSQUITO” NAVY
DANZIG’S ACQUISITION DISGUISE AT TRAWLERS LONDON, Mar. 2. The militarisation o£ Danzig is rapidly being completed through the acquisition of a highly-efficient “mosquito” navy, reports the Warsaw correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The craft are classified as “special trawlers” for deep-sea fishing and have been delivered from Germany. They comprise high-speed, motordriven craft, in reality mine-layers, mine-sweepers, submarine-chasers, and torpedo-boats, and are accompanied by German instructors. Danzig is not allowed under the Versailles Treaty to possess a military organisation, but it is not denied that Danzig’s land and air forces have fully reached German standards This has been achieved through such subterfuge as the Hitler Youth. Storm Troopers, aero clubs and other organisations. ft is also known that Germany has supplied Danzig lavishly with guns ammunition, tanks and motorised units. Clearly, in the event of Germany and Poland being opposed to each other in wartime, Danzig would have great strategic value by land and sea.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19884, 10 March 1939, Page 8
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157“MOSQUITO” NAVY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19884, 10 March 1939, Page 8
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