Chancellor Hitler, who is soon to be joined by Signor Mussolini, is already a close observer of the combined land, sea and air manoeuvres of the German forces in Mecklenburg and Pomerania and off the Baltic coast of North Germany. The exercises are being supervised by Field Marshal von Bloomberg, the German War Minister. A warplane flying over land forces in the peaceful countryside of North Germany during the combined manoeuvres. 23 September 1937