French Army of 1,000,000, Daily Racing Form, 1939-04-12

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FRENCH ARMY OF 1, 0 0 0, 0 0 0 PARIS, France, April 11. France has approximately 1,000,000 men under arms ready for any emergency which may arise from the new European crisis, it was learned in Paris tonight. Since last Friday, when the Italian army invaded Albania, the French military authorities have been cancelling leaves of large numbers of soldiers, although it is denied that all leaves have been annulled.


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