'A factor of great importance in the Germans' failure on the Smolensk front was the weakness of their rear as a result of guerilla activity and hostility of the local population, the general explained. weakness Was increasing, he said. A large number of troops must have been sent from the front to take care of the Ter, Owy main rot, such as tie Under German control, Off the mais risk-Smolensk road, are proper! roads the Germans hesitate to venture, except in large forces, and guerillas are continually attacking their columns and convoys."
Failure of the drive for Moscow had obliged Hitler to divert forces to Leningrad and the Ukraine, the eneral said.—Reuter.
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