POOR MORALE
WAR GUILT TRIAL EVIDENCE BY GENERALS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received March 25, 3.15 p.m.) VICHY, March 24 Inadequate training, wavering morale among the troops, and mental rigidity of the oldest officers were emphasised by Generals who were witnesses in the Riom war guilt trial. General Duhiel, commander of the Seventh Army which retreated to the Marne in 1940, said the French soldiers, generally, were pretty bad shots, because of the inability before the war to obtain sufficient ammunition for practice. They also suffered from lack of modem armament. This lack of fighting material had a demoralising effect. General Touchon said the older army instructors were reluctant to accept innovations and did not possess a sufficiently developed sense of discipline. The younger officers lacked a sense of authority.
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Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21687, 25 March 1942, Page 4
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