THE WAR IN NORWAY SIR, — The German Navy took a very
bold step in landing troops in Norway. Some quarters in the Allied countries were certainly taking too lightly the possibilities of the German Navy.
It remains to be seen what part did Murmansk play 'in those manoeuvres of the German Navy as well as the German 'planes. One is bound to suspect that Russia did help Germany in some way in her Scandinavian adventure, and one has to fear that Russia will move against Norway in an appropriate moment as she did against Poland in September, 1939. German and Russian interests are interwoven in Scandinavia. Norway offers an ideal ground, for the operations of the Allied forces, because the naval action can be combined with air activity. But it would be a blunder to assume that Germany can be defeated in Norway only by those two arms combined. Germany possesses by now a strong land army in Norway and reinforcements are coming by 'planes. Germany will use every device of modern warfare and transport to get a firm foothold in Norway. She will risk an attack on Sweden in order to establish a safe route, as she certainly will not force her way through the minefields laid by the Allies. Therefore an Allied expeditionary force to Norway must be of considerable strength.
The war in Norway will be not an easy adventure. But one thing emerges clearly : even if Norway would be willing to conclude an armistice or some sort of " peace " with the Nazis, the Allies cannot accept such a solution. Germany must be ousted from the Norwegian soil, otherwise the whole Northern flank of the Allies is in danger.—Yours truly, ZBIGNIEW GRABOWSKI. 44A New Cavendish Street, W..r.
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