COMMAND OF THE SEA;
IMPORTANT, IN RUSSIAN j OPINION I VALUE OF BRITISH FLEET ! (By Telegraph-Fi-eas Association—Copyiiglit} I Received Feb. 24, 8.20 p.m. I MOSCOW, Feb. 23. : I- Admiral Kusnetzov, Commissar of' - Marine, in an article in the news- i ! paper Pravda, on the 23rd anniversary ! • of the Red Army, emphasises that the successes of the British troops in I > Africa and the Greek troops in ! i Albania are due to the British Fleet s ■ ability to guarantee transport of ■ 1 troops and munitions through the i 1 Mediterranean. He adds: “Air forces I ■ cannot replace sea forces. The his-' - tory of Russia teachers the importance of seapower.” 1 The Soviet is speeding up natal ex- | t pansion by mass building of warships i 5 with power and speed. The new! 1 Soviet vessels demand more intensive ■ ' training of officers and crew, for which reason five years’ naval service 1 f has been introduced. 1 Admiral Isakov, Deputy-Commissar, i • revealed that the Soviet has estab-j 5 lished a Danube flotilla, which is the; f latest development in the Soviet navy. 1
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 47, 25 February 1941, Page 5
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