Show S. S e Begins s Wars War's Fourth Ye Year r II I Facing F Fanatical Foes ph p L. L l Myler r t ASHINGTON Dec 7 T UP The UP-The The United States began hegan its yea year of ot war Thursday It was was confident that gigantic yes y yes s now w in progress or preparation will produce victory but still till did not ot know when that victory victory vic vic- tory ory will come in either major theater theater the- the ater ter or how much more it will cost costIn costin In n blo blood d and treasure The blood cost thus far has been been nearly Americans killed and nd a total of approximately 00 TJ U S. S combat casualties casu The The cost cost of treasure has been t the e sum of def defense n e and and- war spending from July 1 1 19 0 through Nov 30 1944 U. U S S. S war lead leaders rs tare are agreed that 1945 should see Germany crushed But But they do not know when in 1945 the triumph will com ome all ll they are certain of is that hat the united nations face a still deadly and fanatically determined toe foe oe in Europe Long Jap ap War Var Across cross the Pacific on battle lines ines miles from the western front is an even more fanatical enemy nemy enemy The consensus among mil mil- tary men is that Japan cannot be conquered sooner than one and a half to two years years' after defeat of ot Germ Germany and and ny-and and it may be longer than han that However long it takes to beat i Japan after Germany falls it will cost ost this country alone a 8 year to do the job according ac- ac cording to an estimate by Lt U. Gen Brehon n B. B Somervell chief chiet of ot the army supply services Ultimate victory is inevitable ine Pres Roose Roosevelt elt said in marking this his day but in the meantime the American people must not relax for or a a moment their inflexible determination determination de- de termination everybody on a war j job b must stick sUck to that job O Outlook Good Three years latter after the Japanese knocked out the backbone of ot the U. U S. S Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor the strategic outlook for tor the united united united unit unit- ed nations JS is generally good In Inthe In the he west vest more than allied ai ailed allied al- al lied led combat troops are pressing slowly into German Germany in one of the great offensives of ot all aU time while red ed army hordes are driving upon the reich from the cast In the Pacific Gen Douglas MacArthur Is ba back k In the Philippines Philip Philip- pines Jines the U. U S. S navy has haa avenged Pearl Harbor by crippling the Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese fleet and Tokyo is learning f E Continued on or Pa Page e Five Column On One On IS s. Launches Fourth Year of War Still Facing Fanatical Foes Continued frak from Page One B 29 B 29 29 crews th that that- t. t war can be Dark Spots spot there th re are dark spots in the thee theand thee e e and a host of imp onder- onder making uncertain the imme- imme future course course of ot the war and anding ing ng the face of the peace to to They include r A Japanese br through breakthrough in eastern China which threat- threat th the capital the United States I air lair forces force's great base on the theae I Ile ese ae le side of the Himalayan I Allied Alli d supply problems es- es Ily ny in the vast Pacific man r shortages and production bat at 81 home and difficulties int ta tal int in- in t l in tr trying ng to pr prepare pare eco- eco ally illy for pen peace e while still ig g the war Internal discord in China and the liberated countries of Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope taking In many Instances the form fonn of an ideological tug o of war which conceivably could bre breed d difficulties among the major allies Dates of Successes But these difficulties could not obscure ure the brilliant allied successes successes successes suc suc- of the recent past A handful handful handful hand hand- ful of dates gives the main chapter chapter chapter chap chap- ter headings for the story of 1944 June 6 Allies 6 Allies smash Hitler's Atlantic wall vall and and- invade and invade France June B 15 15 B 29 attack Japan for the first time Aug 15 French 15 French and American troops invade southern France Aug 25 Paris 25 Paris liberated Sept 11 Soldiers 11 Soldiers of th the United States First army invade Germany Oct 19 MacArthur 19 MacArthur returns to the Philippines Nov 24 B 24 B attack Tokyo for forthe forthe forthe I the first time This same year also saw the United States capture of Tinian and Guam bringing the allies miles closer to Tokyo the liberation of most of France all of Greece and much of Yugoslavia and the desertion of Germany by three erstwhile satellites satellites Romania Romania Finland and Bulgaria In Jn all this year there were 27 21 different Days D-Days each Days each one in the words of President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt a triumphant success Invasion of Japan Thus far one of the greatest contributions of the United States to modern warfare has been the perfection of amphibious offensive operations The new year may maywell maywell maywell well see sec the American amphibious technique employing concentrated naval and air might to protect novel no and highly specialized landIng landing landing land land- ing craft directed against Japan proper Despite the thc fact that 1944 was the most violent and consuming year of the war thus far the united nations found time and energy to fo plan at international conferences conference for the peace years ahead And In the United States the people took in stride th their ir first wartime presidential election since 1864 The discussion of world peace was conducted against a background background back back- ground of ot vast changes in the world war since Japan sought to insure a quick and lasting victory by her treachery at Pearl Harbor Tremendous Growth Since that day of infamy the United States has built its army from men to of whom nearly are over over- sea seas Its It's navy has grown In personnel personnel per per personnel from 43 to 3 OO I and in ships from 1076 of all kinds displacing tons to aggregating Ung tons tons The United States has built planes tanks big bigand and medium guns trucks machine guns and rifles rounds of ammunition bombs and merchant ships Its 1944 1914 food production is expected to be 33 above Despite the loss of ot nearly ships since the wars war's start the navy now has 23 battleships at least 17 In the Pacific about aircraft carriers making 2000 plane assaults tactically feasible and thousands of lesser craft In three years the navy by Its own accounting has cleared the Japs from a Pacific area of square miles destroyed enemy planes convoyed an aggregate aggregate aggregate gate of ships and landed on enemy beaches beaches' assault waves of troops T The e navy and army together have sunk some Borne 2300 Japanese ships including nearly nearly nearly near near- ly warships The army's growth into one of history's great greatest st fighting machines machines machines ma ma- chines was paced by expansion of Its air forces to an am an overseas strength of men and 1000 squadrons Since Pearl Harbor A A F planes have made combat flights of them against the Germans and against the Japanese They have shot down enemy aircraft Enemy casualties have been consistently consistently consistently con con- Higher than allied In western Europe alone from Day D through Nov 30 the allies ames captured cap cap- Germans a figure Indicating total German cas casualties in that time and theater of According to 0 O WI W-I U. U S S. S fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing men In the cast have killed Japanese at a acost cost of American And Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese have haye been marooned In Isolated isolated Iso iso- Island pockets cut off by allied offensives But the thc J Japanese still have men In the field the theO theo O 0 W WI I said and can comfortably equip and train another 1 The United States has paid a a high price for tor its gains For its I victories the navy gave up t two o battleships nine carriers 10 cruisers cruisers cruisers cruis cruis- ers 51 destroyers five destroyer escorts 33 submarines four tour fleet tankers and and other craft The Th army as of Oct 2 had lost planes including lI in combat 17 00 In this country and overseas from other than combat causes From September 1939 to the end of 1943 allied merchant ship losses totaled vessels aggregating aggregating gating tons These losses included 75 U. U S. S ships of tons turks Name Envoy ISTANBUL Dec b c. c 7 UP Numan P-Numan Numan former for foreign Ign secretary sec secretary sec sec- was appointed ted Turkish ambassador ambassador ambassador am am- to France Thursday Y |