| Show War War This TA Week Week Big Red Drive Upsets Nazi Assault Plans By LOUIS F. F J KEEMLE ILE Of 01 the United Press War Desk I The Russians upset notions of a a. aGerman aGerman I German spring offensive by I carrying the war to the enemy this week in a smashing drive around key rail and industrial industrial in in- center of the Ukraine in what appeared to be the greatest greatest greatest great great- est battle so far in the war The issue isue was still undecided on this day of the Russian offensive offensive offen offen- sive but it was certain that the Germans had suffered d heavy loss losses s. s and that their plans for driving through th the Ukraine to the Caucasus oil fields had been upset The Germans seem not organ not organized organized organ organ- to take the initiative from the Russians Developments of the week Included in included included in- in On Sunday the Russians pushed ahead in the region Fighting still was in progress on the Kerch peninsula of the Cri Cri- mea inca British renewed their aerial offensive on the continent but reported heavier German opposition opposition opposition tion than usual losing eight planes against nine for the Ger Ger- mans In the orient the Chinese claimed to have repulsed Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese columns column trying to drive northward in province On Monda Monday it was announced that a large force of American troops fully equipped with tanks and guns had arrived in northern Ireland Iceland I land British disclosed their torpedo planes had scored hits on the German cruiser Prinz Eugen off Norway Russians throwing hundreds of tanks into the fray battered at the German defenses on a front of miles around It was reported that Heinrich Himmler chief of the German gestapo gestapo ge- ge stapo had arrived in the Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Nether Nether- lands to quell unrest there On Tuesday the Russians still were on the offensive at t Khar Khar- kov and held against an attempted attempt attempt- ed German counterattack near south of the city The Germans said that occupation of the Kerch peninsula had h d been completed com corn but the Russians insisted that fighting con continued FightIng Fighting Fighting Fight Fight- ing near the province frontier of China was intensified Japanese were reported moving up strong reinforcements Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese also stepped up their activity activity activity ac ac- ac- ac in eastern China apparently apparent apparent- ly seeking to eliminate air bases from which American bombers could attack the Japanese main main- land In Washington it was disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed that Brigadier General James H. H Doolittle had led the American raid on Japan on April 18 8 Wednesday Moscow rep reported that the German counterattack in inthe inthe inthe the sector had been repulsed and that various German German German Ger Ger- I man positions near Kharlov had I been captured The British made one of their heaviest raids on Mannheim German industrial city and dropped many tons of bombs The Chinese reported local success success success suc suc- cess against the Japanese in the Burma road sector The Japanese made progress in province province province ince of eastern China On Thursday the Russians smashed through many of the German hedgehog defenses protecting protecting pro pro- In the orient General MacArthur announced the I sinking of a Japanese cruiser and two merchant vessels as well as I a a. heavy raid on the Japanese base at Lae New Guinea Japanese l landed ded fresh troops in province and were active in theair the theair theair air over various eastern Chinese cities where guerrillas have been harassing them On Friday the Japanese advanced advanced advanced ad ad- steadily in m province province ince although the Chinese reported report report- ed having routed a new invasion force near Allied bombers bombers bombers bomb bomb- ers made heavy attacks on Ra- Ra baul New Britain and Lae In I Russia the red army closed in on and the fall of the city seemed possible The Mexican congress was ordered into session to declare war on the axis The sinking of ot three more ships in American waters was disclosed as the country celebrated national maritime day with launching of 27 vessels |
