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Show of the Red army, after such enormous enor-mous losses, demonstrates not only the patriotism of the Russian leader, lead-er, but such a sacrifice on the field of battle in one year entitles the Soviet Union and the Russian people peo-ple to the respect and admiration of the people of the world. SOVIET SUFFERS t HEAVY LOSS ON WAR FRONT The Soviet information bureau recently reviewed the first year of the war with Germany, declaring "Hitlerite calculations ended in a fiasco." There can be little doubt about the collapse of Hitler's plan for a quick victory in Russia. As a result of winter operations and losses inflicted in-flicted by the Red army, the Soviet bureau insists that the "foundation "founda-tion of the German military machine ma-chine was shaken." In a comparison of losses suffered suf-fered by the belligerents in one year, the bureau gives figures for Germany and the Soviet Union. Some doubt may be expressed in the estimated losses of Germany 10,000.000 men killed, wounded, and taken prisoner; 30,500 guns;; 24,000 tanks; 20,000 planes. At the same time, there is no reason' to doubt the stupendous losses admitted admit-ted by the Soviet Union: 4,500,000 men killed, wounded and taken prisoner; 22,000 guns; 15,000 tanks, and 9,000 planes. The losses reported by Russia measure the extent of Russia's contribution to the success of the United Nations. Few nations in the world could sustain such losses and maintain its firm conviction that "the day on which Hitler declared war against Soviet Russia was the beginning of the end of Hitlerite Hitler-ite Germany." The continuous fighting strength |