INTERNATIONAL: Pressure and Propaganda

With the U.S. occupying Iceland, Germany's vital objectives in the Battle of the Atlantic are to the south: the French port of Dakar, Spain's Canary Islands, the Portuguese Azores and Cape Verde Islands. Last week in France and Spain the Nazis continued their advance on these bases, using for weapons (since their others were occupied elsewhere) pressure and propaganda.

All week France rang with rumors, mostly inspired, that Germany had called for a showdown with Vichy, had given Marshal Petain the hard choice of complete collaboration—including surrender of bases in Dakar and French North Africa—or complete subjugation.

Solemnly and secretly the...

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