GOEBBELS GLOATS OVER LEROS "VICTORY”
Recd. 6 p.m. London, Nov. 18. “A substantial portion of the British garrison remained on Leros when it surrendered,” said General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. “The proportion which got out was not as large as might have been in view of the* exhaustion of our troops. Enemy casualties on Leros, including those drowned at sea, exceeded the total number of British forces employed.” The German news agency announced that German bombers and dive-bombers yesterday dropped bombs of all calibres on military targets on Samos Island. The German Propaganda Minister, Goebbels, is making the most of the capture of Leros, says Reuter. His propaganda machine is attempting to dwarf events on the eastern front by announcing the capture of the island as a major victory. “Leros is being talked of at every Berlin street corner,” says the German news agency. Reuter adds that the Gormans are beinp' told as an antidote In the dp-
feats in Russia that “Leros has shown that the German armed forces do not limit their activities to defensive operations.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 275, 20 November 1943, Page 5
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