GERMAN PREPARATIONS
MENACE TO POLAND REASON FOR SUDDEN BLOW (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tea. Copyright) (Received August 22, 3.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 21 The Berlin correspondent of the Times says the final military preparations necessary if a decision in the Polish dispute is to be forced are now progressing. The concentration of troops has been increasingly expedited, so that all will be ready by August 23. Berlin is more heavily garrisoned by troops going eastward or in reserve than since the Great War. Germany's reason for a sudden blow against Poland is based on the assumption that the Polish Army can be put out of action in the shortest time. Germany would rely on the slowness of the Western Powers to join in any action, due to diplomatic delays and unwillingne-ss to face war, until Poland's effective resistance had been ended, thus convincing England and ’France that she was beyond help and that peace talks could follow.
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Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 20889, 22 August 1939, Page 6
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