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Show headlines are now being given to the operations in Western Europe and in the Pacific. The Red Army has been systematically syste-matically clearing -the Balkan and Ealtic States, in anticipation of a major assault against Germany. Already, in East Prussia, the Soviet Sov-iet armies have occupied a number of German settlements in East Prussia. ' Those familiar with the first ing to a timetable designed to de- ffife liver a massive assault upon Ger- 1 many, the stage seems about set ' for the beginning of an ambitious attempt to conclude the war against Germany. In Italy, the fighting has been f U stubborn and hard, but the Allies ''$$ have made some gains and inflict- ed considerable losses upon the ';' - Germans. Along the West Wall, Pfi British, American and Canadian k 4 soldiers have undoubtedly built t& ' up their supplies and are about I inrX ready for another spectacular ad- tjiS $ vance. In the East, the Russians 0 have had time to get set for a ' Ufll6. major advance from Polish bases. 4 Together, the three attacks, sup- I ' q plemented by operations in the ?, ic Balkan area, may be more than Vce t the Germans can stand at the ',:ittre same time. . World War remember the great. German victory at Tannenbrug. Marshal von Hindenburg won a great triumph in the Masurian Lakes region and, naturally, the Red Army will move cautiously in such a dangerous area. Assuming that the Soviet is cooperating co-operating with the Allied forces in Italy and Western Europe and that they are proceeding accord- SUPREME WAR EFFORT NOW AT HAND No American should get the impression im-pression that the Soviet armies are not fighting the Germans, tooth and nail. We may get the wrong impression because the |