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Show ny's ability to wage war is the J prime purpose of the United Na-j Na-j tions' warfare. This goal rquires : the decisive defeat of Nazi armies and not their measured retirement from conquered lands in a strate- gic retreat. Up to the middle of March the German evacuation of : Russia was proceeding, on the whole, according to Nazi hopes. Time was being purchased by ter- ' I ' I I I I I I I; I I I I I I I I I I I I I In FORWARD MARCH By H. S. Sims, Jr. ritory, time that was necessary to reorient German strategy to a new front in Western Europe. Hitler's plan to shorten his eastern front and transfer divisions to France was succeeding'. Since the middle of March, however, how-ever, the Red armies of the Ukraine, Uk-raine, in the words of Prime Minister Min-ister Churchill, have torn out the "guts of the German army." Nothing Noth-ing else explains the sweeping ad- j vances of the Second and First ! Ukrainian armies which now threaten not only the German troops in southern Russia but the safety of the Nazi position in Rumania Ru-mania and southeastern Europe. The fighting in Russia "consti- j tutes the greatest cause of Hitler's j undoing" and too much praise ' cannot be given the Soviet for its ! determined attacks. At no point has the enemy escaped heavy pressure. There has been no disengagement dis-engagement of the fighting forces, despite Nazi plans. The Red army has overcome tremendous obsta- iii i i i i i i i i i i i .1 i i i i i i ii i in RED ARMY MAKES DECISIVE IN MARCH CHURCHILL TELLS OF OTHER THEATRES The details of the great wars vary from week to week, but our long-range view of the struggles changes very slowly. The Russians, Rus-sians, crossing the Prut river into Rumania, pursue the same objectives objec-tives that motivated the campaign along the Eug river, some weeks ago. The local details have changed but strategy remains the same. In the last half of March the Red Army scored notable advances, advanc-es, greatly increasing the peril of the Germans in the Ukraine by the speed of their progress across the Dniester and Prut rivers. The Nazis, if given time, can always withdraw men and materiel but quick moves make it impossible to avoid serious losses. Recapture of Russian towns is helpful but destruction of Germa- a, and its many islands" and "there's much still to be done in the Balkans Balk-ans and the eastern Mediterranean." cles in connection with supplying, advancing troops over long routes through areas devastated by the retiring Germans. Referring to other areas we pass along the recent observations of Prime Minister Churchill who, in our opinion, is the ablest commentator commen-tator produced by the war. In Italy, It-aly, where we hold one-third of the mainland, "our progress has not been as rapid or decisive as we hoped." Moreover, "we have been disappointed in the Aegean Sea |