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Show Nazi Manpower Dwindles The defeat of the German army will be accomplished by the killing of German soldiers. There is no other way to break the military power of the Nazis and it is immaterial whether the enemy suffers in Grance, Italy or Russia. Recent news dispatches indicate indi-cate that the Allied armies are doing some effective work on the German army. The Russians report re-port 150,000 slain and 75,000 captured in White Russia. The Americans, in Normandy, have buried 5,000 and captured 50,000. In Italy, since May 11th, the Germans have lost around 100,-000 100,-000 men. In addition to casual-; casual-; ties inflicted by the Americans in Normandy the British have also punished the foe whose total losses in the invasion may total 100,000. Certainly, the month of June was not a profitable month for the master race. Despite the fact that they were on the defensive everywhere, with the advantages that go with the defense, the Nazis have lost many times more men than the United Nations. This is important because the Germans cannot match the manpower man-power of the United Nations. While we, and our allies, bring up fresh troops in ever-increasing number the Hitlerites seem to be scraping the bottom of their reserves. re-serves. When they reach the end, the war will be about over, regardless re-gardless of where the contending armies struggle for victory. From France comes information informa-tion that German units,, fighting in Normandy, have been identified identi-fied as "coming from Russia." This indicates, very plainly, that Hitler's central reserve in Germany Ger-many is exhausted, or he would hardly transfer men from the eastern front where the Red Army is one the move. |