Show Behind the War News By Bv Molar Major Paul C. C I Noted Military Analyst NEW YORK INS The INS The sue suc successful offensive action of General General General Gen Gen- eral Do Douglas u g la s MacArthurs MacArthur's united nations forces in tho the southwest Pacific continues with amazing results Dispatches Dispatches Dis Dis- patches from his headquarters state that all major Japanese fighting points in the Buna area of New Now Guinea have been captured and that the resistance resistance tan tance e of the soldiers of the empire empire em em- pire of the rising sun there is practically at an end The huge Russi Russian n offensives as well as the tho fighting In northern northera north north- ern era Africa have at this time pulled the attention of most people to the middle east and European area However we should never forget the great battle in the Pacific being steadily steadily stead stead- ily fought on land sea aea and andin andin andin in the air and over a tremendous tremendous dous dons area Which is is' most cult Because of the innumerable innumerable able small islands the pattern of this fighting is hard to alize Many people feel that the results In the Pacific are slow alow and that the Island areas involved are of infinitesimal size But this is not true In this global war all parts of the front must be simultaneously simultaneously watched that is 18 if we weare weare weare are to understand and be able to put together correctly the total world over-all over picture But further than this the Pacific area is of desperate seriousness to us The axis troops in the west are licked It is only a matter of time until their final collapse takes place But we cannot say this of the Japanese We all know the threat involved by the empire of the rising sun to our entire west coast And Abd because because because be be- cause of this the united nations have planned an over all strategy strate strate- strategy gy which is now in successful operation First offensive action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion on the part of the Nipponese Nip Nip- ponese p nese had to be stopped This has been done at least for the time being Secondly the democracies democracies democracies de de- de- de had to take the aggressive ag ag- ag- ag sive gre offensive initiative This has been done Japans Japan's main base of ot operations operations operations opera opera- in the southwest Pacific is French Indo China and Th Thai li liland land Probably the major p portion por- por Uon tion of Nippon's reserve tro troops for this area remain at t that base General Wavell's invasion of ot Burma among other tives lives was to pin down all ail j janese Jape Jap anese troops in Thailand In IndoChina Indo Indo- China and Burma It must b be remembered that although G Geral General Gen Gen- eral Wavell's advance has hal b been slow it has been extremely sure and the tho Japanese kr know there is a united nations ar arin army in India of not less than a r mU j. j lion men Therefore Wave attack on Burma can not be regarded re re- lightly by the Nipponese Nippon Nipponese To the north of Australia Australla New Guinea and the Solon Solomon islands the Japanese have stron strong line of f bases which i run approximately from west to east and are in particular 1 tj the islands of a and and These islands are re rely real l ly the last Nipponese to the south which protect 1 the Japanese home islands W With out doubt part of the united nations present objectives is it to capture this line of outpost Nipponese Island bases A A. further objective of th the democracies is of course to te- te capture the Dutch East Indle Indies 1 the Malayan peninsular IndoChina IndoChina Indo la laChina China Siam Slam Burma and 1 the Philippines But before t the line of Japanese Island outposts and the Dutch East Indies c can a abe be captured the Nipponese mi must be driven from the islands to the east of New Guinea a and Australia which are In particular part ular New Britain New Ireland J Jand and the Solomon islands Thus we see that our atta attack under General MacArthur is' is driving eastward and will even vi I take New Britain a aNew and New Ireland The united nations nations' attack from Guadalcanal t will move northward through 1 the Solomons SolomoM thus forming wj with General MacArthurs MacArthur's troops a pincer attack This is I preliminary nary work that must be don doi done It is frightfully difficult because became of the island to nature of the combat But once it is t Sc ac the stage will ii bl cleared for the definite and co con con- I eluding offensives J |