Evening star., 1941-06-27
Main Decision Won,
Nazis Say, Claiming
Victory Everywhere
High Command Delays
Specific Announcement
Of Big Successes
Ry LOIIIS p. LOCHNER,

Associated Press war correspondent
BERLIN, June 27.-The main de-
cision over Soviet Russia already
has been won, informed German
quarters declared optimistically to-
night after the high command had
reported the German Army vic
torious on all fronts"
The high command, on orders
from Adolf Hitler's headquarters,
postponed again its heralded an
nouncement of successes baff1ing to
the imagination.
1t withheld all details of the vast,
flve-day-old struggle, but this was
said to have been solely for the
purpose of keeping secret valuable
information and did not mean a
delay in the progress of operations.
The war bulletin promised, how
ever, that the scope of big decisions"
won by Hitler's legions will be
made known shortly"
The war bulletin averred that its
army struck against the Soviet just
as the Red Army was preparing an
invasion of Central Europe.
(The German radio said today
that % Russian warplanes were
shot down yesterday in fierce
air battle when they attacked
German dive bomber squadron
over the Ruthenian sector of the
eastern front)
CoyerS ( Dzyx Of ODerztiOnx.
The communique, issued again
from the Fuehrers headquarters"
limited it's report on the eastern
front to these four paragraphs:
The first five days of operations
in the east furnished proof that
Soviet Russian Armies had been
ready to attack Central Europe.
Even in those border regions pro-
truding toward the west around
Lwow and Bialystok Gn Sovietized
Poland, which from the very outset
were exposed to German encircle-
ment and therefore were unsuitable
for purely defensive purposes, our
troops encountered masses Of Rus
sian troops ready for attack.
Thus, in the first frontier battles,
clashes occurred with the Soviet
Army and airforce.
Our troops, which were victorious
on all fronts, obtained big decisions
which will be made known shortly"
Other German sources, however,
claimed absolute German mastery in
the air 'on the entire eastern front"
and DNB., official German news
agency, said Russian raiders were
kept out of the Reich yesterday even
though some bombers tried to cross
into East Prussia at an 'eXtraordi-
nary height"
Rumanian Flyers Cooperate.
News that Nazi bombers have
been attacking the Russian in
dustrial city of Leningrad for two
DAYS was handed out today to a
public eager for information of the
progress of military operations on
the Soviet war front.
Late reports from the Balkans
also indicated that Rumanian
flyers. had co-operated with Ger
man pilots IN dealing swift blows
to Russian bases on the Black Sea.
DN.B., which announced the Len
ingrad raids, emphasized that the
city-second largest in the U. S. S. r.
was a vital tool and explosives
manufacturing center and hence
an important military target.
The agency did not indicate the
location of the bases from which
the raids were launched.
(The Russians charged last
night that the Germans were
using Finland as base for air
attacks on the Soviet. On June
o, they said German planes
f1ying from Finland attacked the
Kronstadt area, which is not far
from LeningradD
Beyond news Of the raids on Lem
,nsrad the public was given no de
1see BERLIN, Page A-D .