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...least which could be said of the naval aspect of the invasion was what the German news agency Dienstaus Deutschland said: "Any sea power which does not enjoy air supremacy within the area chosen for its activity is subjected to most dangerous risks...
...these early stages of fighting the British were not engaged at all. Dienst ans Deutschland sneered: "German quarters consider the supposition not unfounded that the English leadership at the present initiatory stages ... is taking the precaution of not losing contact with a suitable harbor for retreat." The supposition was correct. In the face of German superiority in strength, the British leadership-in the person of Lieut. General Sir Henry Maitland ("Jumbo") Wilson, General WavelPs right-hand man in the winter campaign in Africa-was not so foolish as to be inveigled into the error of Flanders: being drawn into hostile...
Without bothering to find out just where 42° West lay, U. S. editors dusted off their scare type. They hauled out foggy old pictures of the merchant U-boat Deutschland nosing into Baltimore harbor in July 1916, with its cargo of dyestuffs; remembered the story of the U-53, Lieut. Hans Rose commander, putting right into Newport, R. I. in October of the same year, dropping anchor smack alongside the U. S. submarine D-2 long enough for Lieut. Rose to go ashore and mail a letter to the German Ambassador in Washington; echoed the panic...
Although this outline of German plans from the official Berlin newsagency Dienst Aus Deutschland was undoubtedly partly a raid in the war of nerves, it dovetailed neatly into passages from recent Hitler speeches, into other German hints as to this spring's strategy, and into last week's news. Even the British agreed with the outline-though not with the outcome...
...terror alone could not make Convoy a great war picture. What makes it great is the picture's climax. The seamen stand grimly watching Captain Armitage pace the deck, trying to decide whether to take on the pocket battleship Deutschland with his outclassed cruiser. Battle means almost certain destruction. Suddenly the Captain says he has decided to fight. The men stop gnawing their lips, break into grins...