The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-27

oHlclal IhlnnglSU press toWhTu 6Et' tain. The newspapers said thai Spain would send volunteers to figh against Russia and would bring ir oil imports by sea, regardless of Bri' tain's attitude.
 Britain meanwhile protestet strongly to Sweden against permit ting Nazi troops to cross from Nor' way to Finland, which was virtually at war with the Soviets. RuinaYiia Italy and Slovakia also are actively at war on the German side In theory If not in practice, while France ane Norway have been reported favorine or raising volunteers to fight the Red army.
 The air war on the western front continued, with British planes again raiding the German bases on the French coast, while Royal Air Force craft were reported by Cairo to have hit at least three enemy ships oi 10000 tons each in attacking c con- yoy off Italy on Thursday.
 The war focused, however, on the eastern front where the Germans had advanced almost to or into the pre-war Russian territory.
 This represented an indicated cd. vance of nearly 30 miles in a single day and c push of possibly 200 miles from the point at which the Ger mans obtained their initial break. through ct the fortress of Brest- Litovsk.
 Silent On Details
 The German high command, cling. ing to It's reticence on details of the eastern campaign, promised an early report on victories which 1t claimed are being won on oil fronts. It as. serted that German troops had met in battle the main Russian armies which were found drawn Up in bat. tle array, 1t was claimed, preparing for on attack on central Europe.
 A swedish newspaper relayed rumor from Ankara that the Sos viet government plans to withdraw to Sverdlovsk in the remote faStnesa of the Ural mountains. The report appeared to be considerably pres mature but some such move seemed likely when and If Moscow iS de rectly threatened.
 The estimate of an indicated one day advance of 76 or 30 miles wal based upon the Russian war com. munique. Whereas yesterday fl placed the scene of the fighting in tho vicinity of Baronowitze, today'a communique specified MinSk, 60 miles deeper into Russia. Unless the Red army'S tactics oi smashing att he armored heads Of the Nazi striking force and cutting them off from the main follow.ur bodies of infantry succeed in slow ing down the German advance, the Nazi columns will be able to push ahead to the vicinity of Moscow within ten days of the start of their aack.
 $50 Miles to Moscow The distance from Minsk to Mog- COW Is about $50 miles, most of it across broad, open country of the type best suited to he slaShing mes chanized maneuvers in which the wehrmacht specializes.
 London sources incline to the be- lief that the chief Na2i thrust is directed at Moscow. It Is believed by the British that the German campaign has been laid out on c political as well as Q military basis The political implications and pres- tige value of the capture of Mosa COW obviously would exceed any other military success which the Germans might achieve in Russia.
 The London suggestion that the Germans are headed for Moscow coincided with grave warning by Washington quarters not to expect extended resistance by Russia. Il was said there that there Is no eW. dence to indicate that the Soviet will be able to put up 6 long of successful fight against the crushing power of the Nazi legions. A secondary German drive hat been developed into the Baltic states for the purpose of protecting the Hanks of the strAight-line spearhead There has been no clear report oi the extent of Nazi successes in the Baltic states but iE is indicated that they have virtually overrun Llth- uania and are now nibbling ct Lat via.
 Films Not Yet Started However, on the northern flank the Finnish front Is still quiescent except for Russian bombing attacks on strong points and troop concen- trations and presumably Lutfwaffe operations against cities like Lenin- grad and Tallinn, capital of Estonia, from Finnish bases.
 German tactics on the southern front in Bessarabia have been some- what similar. There has been c tendency to hang back there and the Russians actually have taken the initiative at several points on the southern front and are thought to be carrying the war to the German and Rumanian troops.
 There is still no sign of the prom ised Nazi high command detailed communique on operations and some German spokesmen now say no ex- tended report may be made until the week end.
 The Moscow communique reported that wide scale bombing operationi were carried out by the Red air fleet particularly on the southern front where the Soviet airmen struck al Bucharest. the Pioesti oiifields. Con. ! stanza, and Jeccy--all in Rumania $ Two Nazl submarines were reported taaaa aNm Aam mwX Ia