MUST BEAT N AZI ARMY FIRST
EISENHOWER’S OPINION OF GERMAN COLLAPSE
Recd. 11 p.m. Washington, Aug. 24. The Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in northern France, General Elsenhower, gave it as his confident impression that the civilian collapse of Germany could not be expected until the Nazi Army was completely defeated, said the Secretary of the United States Navy, Mr. J. V. Forrestal. on his return from an inspection tour of the European theatre.
Mr. For res tai said he asked General Eisenhower what he thought about the possibilities of a termination of the European war. The Supreme Commander replied: “There is no rational way to appraise the situation. Viewing Germany’s record by normal standards, her people should be ready to roll over now, but any prospective leader of revolt automatically finds a revolver put to his The German Army is still competent, effective and able, when it chooses, to put up bitter and sustained resistance, as exemplified in their tooth-and-nail stubbornness at Brest and Saint Malo.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 204, 26 August 1944, Page 5
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