Russian Winter Feared On August 9 the Soviet forces captured a confidential order issued by the commander of} the German Toth Army which shows that, ever that date the German High Command Seriously. concerned over the provision Winter clothing for, its troops in "Russia. The! order. as reported by the Tass News Agency. Fan as follows:—
There is very great: necessity indeed of- ket. ting'a little more silent than we are. It seems forme the finest nations of the world—ihe tien and the "Ameriean—are gain all away into wind and tongue Thomas Early!
It happens that your true dull minds are generally" preferred' for, public employ, and especially promoted to city honours—your keen intellects: like razors. being considered too sharp for' common service-—Wathington Irving, a man would register "all, his opinions upon lover pallies, "Feligion, "learnings ce, beginning from his youth. and so yo on to. old fe, what a bundle of Inconsistencles and_ cone iradictions would appear at, lasti™Dean Swift, for winter Conditions ie fo" be. collesied and Ex, Sueper aes ces city rea eas area warm winier underwear and socks, felt boots It would appear from this order that not only does the Nazi High Command expect its troops live off the "country, but also to clothe themselves off the country. But Just as Ger= man admissions prove that the Nazis have.to far been unsuccessful in living off the country. Tass declares. that Soviet citizens whose homes have been overrun have either destroyed their warm clothing of have buried it where the Nazis are least likely. to find it. They. may freeze #hemselves. bur they would rather suffer the greatest privations than permit the Ger. mans. to 'Keep warm og their expense. They' may argue that ince the Nazis are going 10) Tot them freeze. they might as well make sure) that the Nazis freeze with them. Death from famine and cold will be the prospect of Nazi soldier and Soviet peasant alike. Since it was hot part of the Nazi plans at' the beginning] Of the year to wage war in Russia, and <qually Beyond' their worst predictions that the Soview would not be crushed before the real cold began it'can be understood that the Germans hava! had fo do some quick thinking to ensure that their men are. properly clad: The order to} Seize everything they can lay their hands on. "by: any. means" smacks of desperation. In marked contrast ig the confident and orderly Tanner in which Moscow is preparing for the Winter—Moscow which the Germans believed Would be in their hands Tong before, the cold) gets in. "in the Soviet capital large food reserves fave been "Laid" Ju. Moscow's underground, stations "are to be ready" as winter, air raid Shelters by October Li. ton' thousand "dug-out Shelters have been' constructed in other. parts the city. and Atted with stoves and. bunks.
thousand houses have been strengthened {o withstand bomb blasti- Citizens. of Moscow. Will' spend the. winter as comfortably as! Dossible in the circumstances. if the Russtans can hold' on as they are now doing, they. can expect their harsh climate to come to their Fescue in the same way as it did in the, in. Yasion of 1812. And there are no signs that they will not lieable to hold on.
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