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0 r SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES.-GAZETTE Hitler Blunders Brought Defeat Historian By STUART UNDERHILL Canadian Press Staff Writer London--(CP) -- Hitler's famous intyison won some .sweeping vic- tories for Germany, but his wrong guesses piled up into defeat, says B. H. Liddell Hart in "The Other Side of the Hill" (Cassell). Brushing aside the advice of Senior generals in the French cam- palgn of 1940, he insisted on the b nt offensive which tore loose the left wing of the Anglo-French armies. Then he pulled up his iroops on the outskirts of Dun- kerque, long enough to allow the British Army to make its famous escape. In Russia, he again ignored the pleas of his generals when they wished to shorten extended lines to meet Russian counter-attacks. No withdrawals were permitted un- til too late, and the front was crumbling. Hart's book is based on talks he had with some of Germany's top generals. He reports their views on topicyp ranging from Russia (they were horrified by the relent- less, unemotional Russian form of attack, said the Stalin tank which appeared in 1944 was the best of the war) to Rommel (built up by Hitler as a popular hero, then in- Yied to commit suicide, which he id). Throughout the book the gen- erals' opposition to Hitler crops up continually. Some of them were brave enough to argue with him, but he was in a position of such overwhelming power most of them swallowed their doubts and dislikes. Hart gives a lively account of the plotting which led in July, 1944, to an unsuccessful attempt on Hite ler's life. Field Marshal von Kluge, in command in the west at the time, is reported as saying "if it had succeeded, his first step would have been to order the discharge of V-1s against England to be stop- ped, and that his second step Says would have been to get in touch with the Allied commanders." Bound By Oath In explaining their failure to negotiate behind Hitler's back, the generals claimed they were bound by an oath of fealty to him, as well as by fear the German people would not support them, and that they would be forever regarded as traitors. Hart says that in 1943-44 there was considerable disagreement as to where the Allied invasion would come, Hitler eventually guessing correctly that it would be in Nor- mandy. Field Marshal von Rund- stedt, who preceded von Kluge, wanted to let the Allies get ashore and then try to sweep them off with a counter-offensive, while Rommel! thought efforts should be concentrated on preventing a landing. "The measures to meet the Allied invasion 'fell between two stools' as the result of the conflict of opin- ion . . . multiplied by Hitler's tight hands on the reserves," says Hart. "It had more effect in opening the way into France than, anything the Allies did to achieve surprise." In an early chapter entitled "How Hitler Beat France -- and | Saved Britain," Hart described the | generals' fears over the proposed campaign. It succeéded beyond their most optimistic dreams, Iur- ing huge British and French forces in the Low Countries and permit- ting a lightning strike through the Ardennes region of France. Even while the drive was in progress they were nervous, but gathered heart as it swept ahead. Then, as armored columns were closing in on Dunkerque--ahead of the British--Hitler gave the order to halt. "The German tank com- manders had to sit and watch the British slipping away under their very nose." One general said that Hitler, calling tHe campaign "a decided miracle," predicted the war would be over in six weeks, and went on to speak admiringly of the British Empire, comparing it with the Ro- man Catholic Church, "saying they were both essential elements of stability in the world." He con- cluded by saying he wanted to give Britain an honorable peace. Dieppe Caused Jitters Some generals told Hart they thought the Dieppe landing by the Canadians in 1942 was merely a raid; others were jittery about it. Lack of air support at Dieppe was said to have encouraged Hitler in his belief that the Allies were not developing airborne forces. Hitler was curiously indifferent to developing a campaign in the Middle East, says Hart. - He adds: "Cyprus was saved by the price the British made the Germans pay for the capture of Crete. Gibraltar wa. saved by Franco's reluctance to let the Germans into Spain. Malta was saved by Hitler's dis- trust of the Italian navy." He sums up the Russian cam- paign, on the basis of the generals' evidence, thus: "Hitler's gamble fhiled because he was notb old enough. He wob- bled for weeks at the critical mo- ment, losing time he could never regain. After that he ruined him- self, and Germany, because he could not bring himself to cut his losses." Field Marshal von Manteuffel, tank expert, gave this opinion of Hitler's final days: : "After the Ardennes failure (in January, 1945), Hitler started a 'corporal's war.' There were no big plans--only a multitude of piece- meal fights. . "Hitler would not hear of (with- drawal). He chose to sacrifice the bulk of his main forces in a hope- less struggle on the west bank of the Rhine." CANINE SHARK-CATCHER Christchurch, N.Z. -- (CP) -- A | seven-months-old Golden Labrador pup has taken up shark catching. | While walking along a beach it | suddenly dashed into the sea and | after a long struggle returned to the beach dragging a four-foot shark which it landed unaided. SAFETY LOCOMOTIVES Lincoln, England -- (CP) -- A safety locomotive for use in mines has been constructed here. It is flameproof and does away with the danger of detonating explosive | gases. How Moose Jaw Got Its Name Ruth Jackson, secretary to the commissioner of the Moose Jaw chamber of commerce, is shown here holding Moose Jaw's moose's jaw. The jaw- bone was donated to the chamb the chamb taki by 'G. T. Ritchie of Wilcox, Sask., after Gerry O'Shaughnessy, put out a call asking for a moose's jaw to show visitors who asked questions 2bout how Moose Jaw got its name. The jawbone will be mounted in the chamber office. Aussies Prosecute Deserting Seamen Sydney, Australia -- (CP) -- A round-up of deserters of all na- tionalities from overseas ships have been ordered in Australia. Deserters from ships arriving here from Europe have become so numerous that many ships have had to sail without sufficient sea- men to man them. d Following . representations from the British and some European governments, Immigration Minister Calwell has instructed police and customs officials to prosecute all ships deserters "regardless of their nationality." First five men caught and sen- tenced under thsi new order were five British seamen who were sen- tenced to six months hard labor and ordered to be deported as pro- hibited immigrants on completion of their sentences. In the past it hag been the cus tom here to turn a blind eye to British subjects deserting so long as they were able to keep them- selves and did not commit crimin- al offences, but today they have so far disorganized regular sailing times that the government has placed them in the class of un- desirable citizens, Several British ships carrying urgent food supplies to Britain have been delayed for days trying to replace deserters. One ship had to replace 20 men. BRITISH HEALTH SERVICE London--(OP)--Every man, wo- man and child in Britain will be able to. make use of medical, den- tal and nursing facilities free of charge and without insurance qualifications under the new Health Service effective this July, Mere than 13,000,000 official leaf- lets were distributed recently ex- plaining the service. N.Z. Volcano Spouts House-Size Boulders Auckland, N.Z. -- (CP) -- When New Zealand's volcanoes erupt they make a real job of it. Mout Ngau- ruhoe, 7,000-foot volcano in the centre of the North 1sland, has re- cently been in eruption for the first time in several years. Geologists calculated that. for the first four days it was hurling boulders and volcanic ash skyward at the rate of at least 400 tons a minute or nearly 600,000 tons a | day. Red hot boulcers as large as cottages were hurled hundreds of feet into the air, but the bullk of the material ejected streamed across country in a huge black cloud "about 150 miles long. . 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