Abstract

Behind the Enemy Line

The eruption of Rome filled German Nazi propagandist Joseph Paul Goebbels's ministry with consternation and confusion. A glance back at the first convulsions in the German political-dope factory will be instructive. The article provides a calendar of developments in the German-Italian relations from July 25, 1943 to July 30, 1943. It is only natural that the German people are waiting with obvious impatience for every piece of information from and about Italy, whose fate particularly concerns the Germans. The German leaders are fully aware of this. But the German leaders know also that such a German statement is nowhere more feverishly awaited than in its enemy's camp. The reason is clear: it is hoped that some very slight German comment will make it possible to draw conclusions about the next German move.