only serveg to harden that spirit into unbreakable steel.
"His vast scheme for the invasion of England by air, land and sea still appears to hold the field, but he mus by now realize that it will be a most desperate affair. fraught with test peril for himself and his el 7 8 id regime.
"Other factors which have upset Hitler's plans ere the catastrophic collapse of France and the failure of kis other partner on the Axis. Hitler must try and save him, or the rot might spread, and worse might befall the Axis.
"Hitler may find his plans in the Balkans no less risky than his old plans; on which he may yet have to fall back before his end."
Stating that Hitler was faced with a different situation from. that which existed last spring, General Smuts coficluded by stating that Mussolini was ruined, that Hitler could: not recover the ground that he had lost. and that Hitler himself had failed in his air attack on England, where success was essential for his invasion plans—Reuter.
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