Show ECONOMIC highlights industrial news review united nations grand strategy calls for maximum aid to the soviet union As high american navy and army authorities have said arms and other supplies for ta the ie Ras russians hold a top place on the lend lease schedule there are many good reasons why this should be here are some of them 1 the russians have proven themselves miraculously good as fighters that goes for the civilians who are carrying on guerilla wai fare against the nazis as well Is as for regular red army troops russian moral despite the casualties she has suffered is said by all to be exceedingly high the russian peoples primary emotion is one of hatred for the germans coupled with a grim determination to crush and destroy them 2 it is likely that hitler will attempt a gigantic new attack on russia this summer an attack whose objective will be to knock out russia as a military power and free the nazi legions for service v ice elsewhere dussias Rus sias ability to withstand such an attack will be largely dependent on the amount of american equipment she receives 3 some experts are convinced that hitler has the resources men and material both for only one more really big offensive if that offensive can be broken they reason the nazi regime will really be on the way to defeat 4 the bulk of authorities still think that the number one job of the united nations is the defeat of germany and that other objectives must be considered secondary they feel that once germany is beaten or is weakened that she will no longer be able to fight offensive war we can take care car e of 0 f our other enemies with far greater certainty of swift victory there are of course many opposed arguments some think that japan is at the moment our number one enemy and that aid to russia should be abandoned or greatly lessened in order to give everything we can produce and transport to united nations forces in the pacific but those who believe that are in the minority so far as allied war councils are concerned the men whose terrible responsibility it is isto to make fateful decisions of grand strategy arent minimizing japan but in their minds germany is still the greater danger can russia keep on giving hitler better than he sends men who are in a position to form accurate judgments think she can the russian commanders have proven their abilities stalin has proven himself a man of extraordinary vision and military judgment the russian scorched earth policy has paid dividends much of the russian sian territory in german possession sion is as nonproductive non productive as so much sand there seems little question but what a considerable part of the flower of the german army has perished on the bleak russian earth good soldiers u un n like ike tanks and planes and ships cannot be swiftly replaced the russians claim that they have destroyed a whole generation of young german men As churchill roosevelt and other leaders forecast months ago japan continues to win successes in the pacific the fall of bataan was a blow to the united nations it will release great numbers of veteran jap troops for fighting in other theatres theartres the atres the magnificent american filipino defenders did far more than could have been expected they were terribly short of food medicines and certain types of ammunition flesh ancl ana blood could only do so much the end was foredoomed fore doomed from the beginning and it is to their eternal glory that they made the enemy pay a tremendous price for his victory the recent british ship losses in the indian ocean may in the long run prove even more serious than the loss of bataan they help pave the way for a japanese drive on india and it is very doubtful if the british will be able to muster a first class force for indias andias defense there is news however on the credit side the japs have taken some severe blows from the nations air forces in the australian and burma theatres theartres the atres the american navy is constantly picking off jap troop and supply and fighting ships action such as this steadily if slowly brings nearer the day when final victory will be in sight some still look for a jap attack on alaska from the aleutians Aleut ians it is known that we are sending heavy reinforcements to alaska though their precise extent is of course a closely held military secret it if japan could seize alaskan bases she would be in a position to carry cany the war directly to the continental united states she must be prevented from doing that at all costs you can be certain that come what may alaska will not be another pearl harbor |