LACK OF MECHANISE UNITS
Germans’ Plight LONDON. July 3 At the end of the European ' 80 per cent of all the Imperial arri were fully mechanised, compa with la per cent of the Gern armies, said Sir William Rootes. ; hairman of the Supply Council the Ministry of Supply, in a speed ■ Now we know why once Germ, n armour was pierced and three meat battles of Caen. Ardennes, and the Rhine were font there was little to stop us exc nai tially-mechanised units with—edible as it may seem—horse-dr; field nrtillrrv ” fap said
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23260, 23 July 1945, Page 4
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92LACK OF MECHANISE UNITS Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23260, 23 July 1945, Page 4
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