Show I Russian Armies Ready Big Winter Offensive Crack Nazi Army of Men Smashed At Gateway to Caucasus Mountain Pass MOSCOW Nov 20 INS With INS With a crack nazi army of men smashed to pieces before the narrow wind-swept wind passes of the Caucasian mountains a general winter offensive by the soviet armies along a mile 1200 front from Leningrad to Astrakhan was forecast by Moscow newspapers newspapers newspapers news- news papers Friday night I A wave of jubilation paralleling parallel parallel- ing that which followed Adolf Hitler's Hitler's Hit Hit- lers ler's crus g defeat t t. t at Stalingrad Stalingrad Stalingrad Stalin Stalin- grad swept Moscow with official lal disclosure that O casu casualties had been inflicted upon a naz nazi attacking attacking attacking at at- tacking force on the outskirts of gateway to the pass pas through the Caucasus Caucasus Caucasus Cau Cau- casus which leads to Josef Stalin's birthplace of Tiflis and to Baku both rich in black Russian oil oU Indicative of the importance attached attached attached at at- to this smashing victory was the fact that Soviet Russia's official government newspaper Iz- Iz vestia dropped the bolshevik name of in describing the battle and went back to the old imperial czarist That Russian name means rule over the Caucasus and is the apt aptest est possible possible possible pos pos- sible description of the city at the northern extremity of the mountain mountain moun moun- tain thin pass The blow dealt to German troops near soviet newspapers newspapers newspapers pers said will serve as a signal for further of the red army and will be caught up Continued on Page Four Column Five I REDS PREPARE OFFENSIVE from Page On One On with on many other parts of the front The soviet army will give the Germans no winter respite the army newspaper Red Star said The tactical successes achieved by the Germans as a result of their summer offensive remain in- in completed and they may yet turn against them Situation Changes The The- entire European situation Red Star continued has basically basical ly changed in favor of the Anglo- Anglo Soviet-American Soviet coalition Militarily the situation presented present present- ed at the moment is this The Germans having failed to break through at and or as the Soviets now prefer it from through the Caucasian foothills and mountain passes which are only feet above sea sealevel sealevel sealevel level attempted to utilize the second second sec see ond arm of f their pincers southeast southeast southeast south south- east of and reach through the Terek valley This would have cut off the sup ply of soviet troops in one swift thrust and enabled the Germans to straddle the Georgian military highway which would have been beena a threat to the entire Caucasus Big Attempt Fails But the attempt failed Hence the Russian press and eyen even the high commands command's official que quo restored the original name of in tribute to importance A fortress fortress fortress for for- tress was first established there therein in 1874 in place of a small native village which even then was called which means mountain gate Before the war was a small clean southern city at the dead end of a railway which brought from different parts of the country thousands of excursionists excursionists ex ex- who proceeded on buses through the Georgian military highway to Tiflis and resorts on the Black sea coast The name was given to the town by the century Czarina Tamara Tamara Tamara Ta- Ta mara an ancient Georgian ruler who purposely chose this dark and inspiring awe canyon for her seat Once through the canyon and the pass travelers enter the sunny Georgian orchards where Stalin was born But the nazis have been hurled back from this gateway gateway gateway gate gate- way to sunshine and victory |