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Dates: during 1930-1939
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New Stuff. Last week the British and French were again up against a Siegfried Stellung (see p. 28).* Four hundred and fifty miles long, it begins at the point where the Rhine enters The Netherlands, parallels the Dutch, Belgian and Luxembourg frontiers about eight miles behind the Our, Sauer and...
Unlike the solid, continuous Maginot Line, the Siegfried Position carries on the old Lossberg concept of defense in depth and swift counterattack from a protected rear. A break-through would be the signal for the great rear fortifications to open up with heavy artillery fire (spare gun-barrels as well...
¶German troop concentrations observed behind the Westwall from Coblenz to Mannheim were believed to be preparing, not for any major counteroffensive, but to reinforce the Wall, to counterattack locally, to engage the Allies in field fighting if & when they ever do break through.
Among scores of grey shapes playing hide & seek in deadly earnest through the coastal waters around Great Britain was H. M. S. Courageous, oldest vessel of Britain's six aircraft carriers. Her broad, windswept flight deck was busy with planes coming & going to scout for U-boats. Last Sunday...
When aging Actor St. Clair (Jouvet) leaves his troupe after an unsuccessful tour, he says he is going to retire to his estates, but his companions know that he is really going to the Abbaye de St. Rivière, baven for indigent old actors. Greeted there as a hero...