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The Hagerstown Globe
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland
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Adolf Hitler's fear of encirclement drove his aggressive policy, but Germany now faces self-encirclement with Soviet influence expanding, Italy cooling ties, neutral stances in Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, and Scandinavia leaning allied, plus British North Sea blockade.
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Fear of encirclement by foes self-avowedly led Adolf Hitler to his policy of aggression. Now he has completed an iron ring around the Reich. Figures 1, 2 and 3 show the new sphere of Soviet influence; (4) Jugoslavia friendly to allies and close to Italy; (5) Italy has chilled toward Berlin; (6) Switzerland is ready to fight to maintain neutrality; (7, 8, 9 and 10) the western front, with Belgium and the Netherlands rigidly neutral; (11) North Sea blockade by Britain; (12) Scandinavian countries neutral but friendly to allies.
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germany faces self-encirclement by soviet influence, neutral and allied-friendly neighbors, and british blockade.
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Fear of encirclement led Hitler to aggression, but now an iron ring surrounds the Reich: Soviet spheres (1-3), Jugoslavia allied-friendly and near Italy (4), Italy cooling toward Berlin (5), Switzerland fighting for neutrality (6), western front with neutral Belgium and Netherlands (7-10), British North Sea blockade (11), neutral but allied-friendly Scandinavia (12).