AXIS BAD SHOTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 June 1942, Page 3

AXIS BAD SHOTS

SOME FORMER PROPAGANDA. The following is a short quotation flora one of the many German (Zeesen) broadcasts to foreign countries, this one beipg to' Latin America during last September. It is in remarkable contrast with the present situation in Russia and the tenor of German broadcasts today. , , T “Obsessed with Napoleon s fate. London fails to perceive that the Russian steppes present no obstacle to the German army, equipped with the latest and best that modern science can provide. Actually, they present an advantage to a mobile and fast-moving army, possessing full freedom of movement. On the other hand, the vast Russian spaces are disastrous for the Soviets, for the simple reason that they have been deprived of freedom of movement. Moreover, the German Air Force took over control of the air space from the first day of operations, paralysing the Bolshevik armies and foiling all attempts at concentration of fresh forces. In short, the Soviet Central Command has been reduced to a state of chaos and is absolutely ignorant as to what is happening on the fighting front.” Even greater is the contrast with what the Axis were saying a year ago. Italy, for instance, when broadcasting to the Near and Middle East, said, “The present war cannot be compared with the 1914-1918 war because this time Japan and Italy are allied with Germany, and Russia, by her neutrality, is of help to the Axis. Britain has remained alone.” While to (Russia herself Rome had these consoling words to say: “Moscow is determined to preserve peace and will not participate in the conflict. Berlin has decided to maintain peace along the frontiers of the U.S.S.R.”