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Show f- ' 4 ' i i i i i i i i , , , , FORWARD MARCH By n. S. Sims, Jr. 1 1 1 1 1 1 iii i ii , , i , t , June 22nd may be the day on which Hitler will reveal to the world his campaign plans for 1942. The day will be the first anniversary anniver-sary of nis attack upon Russia and the second anniversary of the armistice, signed by the French in Compeigne forest in 1940. The campaign on the Kerch Peninsula Pen-insula and the Battle of Kharkov did not reveal the direction of the massive offensive that the Nazis will unleash this summer in an ef- 'fort to save what they have acquir- ed in Europe. Are Easy Victories Over For Nazis? . . . The Kerch fighting may have been preliminary to an attack on the Caucasus, just as Gen. Rommel's Rom-mel's move against Tobruk may have been designed to draw British Bri-tish forces from the vital area of Syria. Some experts believe that a march through Turkey is not improbable im-probable and thus the fighting in Libya could be a part of this program. pro-gram. The Kharkov battle resulted in heavy losses to both sides, with the Red army holding the bulge occupied although unable to capture cap-ture the strategic rail junction. It J may have disarranged German j plans in the Ukraine but, in view of the tactical deadlock that de- veloped, .there is basis for the belief I that the easy victories of last year are not possible for the Nazis in view of Russian strength. This emphasizes the prime importance im-portance of keeping the supply line open to Russia so that the Red army can receive the "tools of war." Already there is intense Ger-. man activity against convoys moving mov-ing to Russia by the short northern north-ern route, where' cargo ships now lack the protective darkness of long winter nights. Chinese Situation May Be Serious . . . A critical situation may well develop de-velop in the Far East, where our supply lines to China have been effectively cut by the Japanese, who are moving in great force to annihilate the resistance of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's armies. The Chinese have battled against great odds for nearly five years, depending de-pending upon wearing out, rather than defeat, Japanese armies. It is too much to expect the Chinese to withstand the full brunt of Japaneses might unaided. the east and British planes make good the promise "of what Germany Ger-many will receive, city by city, from now on." The warning uttered by Secretary Secre-tary of War Stimson that Japan would "retaliate" for the Tokyo raid, in order to save face, by aerial attacks upon this country, came true when Jap planes attacked at-tacked Alaska. Whether this represents rep-resents an incident or the initial stages of a serious effort on the part of Japan to seize Hawaii and Alaska, and possibly attack the west coast of Canada or the United Unit-ed States, can only be determined by subsequent events. For years China's principal ports, I her communication lines and most of her industrial and developed areas have been in Jap control. Large in manpower, the Chinese army must receive supplies. Already Al-ready some experts think they detect de-tect signs of a deficiency in equipment equip-ment which, if true, might be fatal to the republic's defensive war. British Aerial Attacks Significant . . . The British aerial attacks upon German industrial centers are, no doubt, possible because of the employment em-ployment of Nazi planes on the Russian front. Still, as one looks back upon the mass assaults from the air upon London and Coventry in the fall and winter of 1940-41, the sensational raids upon Germany Ger-many reflect the changed conditions condi-tions in which the belligerents find themselves. Just two years ago, Denmark, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands Nether-lands had been lost. The allied army had been cut in two. On June 4th Prime Minister Churchill addressed ad-dressed the house of commons, as the exhausted survivors of Dun-kerque Dun-kerque reached England and solemnly sol-emnly declared, despite the impending im-pending surrender of France: "We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France; we shall fight on the seas and oceans; we shall fight on the beaches; we shall fight on landing grounds; we shall fight in fields, streets, and hills. We shall never surrender." Japanese Bomb Alaska . . . Now, two years have passed. Russia and the United States fight the common enemy. At last, the enemy is being paid back, as the Russians grind Nazi divisions in |