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Show ISIT" MARCH By IT. S. Sims, Jr. -rrrjjj ' ' ,7Tr nmSION OF EUROPE WILL SmOW SUPERIOR FORCES AGAINST HARASSED NAZIS The dailv events of a global war flre overshadowed by the immi-nece immi-nece of the Anglo-American invasion inva-sion of western Europe which most people are convinced is about to begin. The rmgniy of Germany and Occupied Europe which rocked the Continent for davs is accepted as a preliminary overture for the assault upon Hit-lerized Hit-lerized regions. Despite record-breaking record-breaking tonnages of explosives, rained upon strategic and industrial industri-al centers, the mammoth air effort ef-fort is discounted as preparation for what is counted upon to be the decisive stroke of the war. Attention On Western Europe . , The recent moves against Japan, Including the Sabang and Hollan-dia Hollan-dia attacks, which illustrate the power of naval superiority, are taken as a matter-of-course developments, de-velopments, normally following up the impressive victories gained in the central Pacific. It is quietly assumed that the outermost Jap-! anese bases are as good as pos- j sessed and therefore the war in I the Far East cannot compete with , expectations aroused by the invasion. inva-sion. Even the lull on the Eastern front, where the Red Army seems to be regrouping its forces and collecting supplies for the summer campaign is linked to the western front. The Russian offensive, it is said, is part of the vast preparation prepara-tion for an all-out attack upon Nazi Germany, which will include simultaneous action on two fronts, with increased pressure applied in Italy, the Balkans and probably southern France. Decisive Results Expected ... The attention-priority that goes to the western part of Europe is not misplaced. It does not detract from the importance of war activities ac-tivities in other areas, particularly Russia. The element of uncertainty that hangs over discussion about what will happen when the cross-channel cross-channel campaign begins is spotlighted spot-lighted by the knowledge that on D-day the soldiers of the United States and Great Britain, aided by a powerful naval force, will undertake und-ertake the largest overseas invasion inva-sion ever attempted. Nobody knows the extent of Nazi preparation for the defense of western Europe or the number of soldiers that the Hitlerites have been able to assemble for the supreme su-preme test of the war. Great Superiority Insures Success . . . The great secret of the present war is that there is no successful defense against stupendous superiority. super-iority. That the Anglo-American high command has made its plans upon the basis of this principle is certain. The British Isles are overcrowded over-crowded with fighting men and their weapons' of war. |