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Show New Zealand Army Chief Minimizes Nazi Forces WELLINGTON, N. Z. New Zealand's Zea-land's new chief of the general staff, Maj.-Gen. Edward Puttick, who is back here after commanding a brigade in Greece, described the Greek campaign as "pretty easy going." He said the principal maneuver was one of bluffing the enemy. Getting Get-ting the men away from beaches for embarkation to Crete, he said, was "pretty hot stuff" but that, heavy as the New Zealand casualties casual-ties were, they were worth while. General Puttick insisted that the Germans the New Zealanders met were not equal to their fathers in the last war, not so tough or well trained. He said his men captured nine Nazis who attempted to hide behind one olive tree. |