ARMY MANOEUVRES
GERMAN FORCES
DUMMY TANKS AND WOODEN GUNS
COMPARISON WITH FRANCE
(United Tress Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 9.20 p.m.) Berlin, September 18. General Greener, at a banquet at the conclusion of the army manoeuvres in South-West Germany, said that only one cavalry and one infantry division participated with dummy tanks and -Wooden guns. There were no aeroplanes, which contrasted with the French manoeuvres held within a fortnight with 50,000 men. “This comparison alone,” he said, “gives the lie to those who see our army as a menace to our neighbours. Those who know all that is required of a modern army must know how silly it is to assert that Germany, by mobilizing her reservists, would be able to put a big army in the field at short notice.”
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Southland Times, Issue 21193, 20 September 1930, Page 7
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129ARMY MANOEUVRES Southland Times, Issue 21193, 20 September 1930, Page 7
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