The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-01
HH NFlles from Poland

WA Miles From Poland
 London, April l. (Up)--Radio c oW Indicated today that the re-
 ire og Vitebsk, only T5 miles NNt oS the old Polish border, was nNNK na military experts predicted tnas the Germans In Q few weeks would throw perhaps i,260,000 men NN1 powerful concentrations of tanks wnd planes into Q final, desperate NMore Co win the costly Russian NAmpAign.
 with tho hour of liberation of Nilehek not for of, the inhabitants MAvo intensified their guerilla activ- Iles. harraSsing the Germans" uao Moscow said.
 WieebSk is $50 miles south of Len-
 Ead and 76 miles northwest of
 SolAnsk, on the central front, where sA Russians have been trying to lose . trap about the Germans for Weeks.
 Military experts believed prcpora- pns for the impending German of- nAlve already were well advanced
 They believed Generallssimo doR Hitler would hurl this offen- I've against the Russians in the 250 liles between Belgorod, 90 miles North of Kharkov, and the sea of Azov, depending on 2,50o,0o0 troops, Excluding jaekal armies from Bull hrias Rumania and Italy, to hold he rest of the long front,
 Tho reward of success would be khe oilarich Caucasus. The price of failure might well be Hitler's quick doom,
 ,, Flower of Nagl Army
 Observers pointed out that the 0HenSive would undoubtedly use the flower of Germany's army. If the Russians crushed 1t, they said, the Germans might never recover from the loss of men and material, On tho other hand, the 2,50o,o00 men de- tending the other l,7b0 miles of the front would be second-raterS, and SLUG soldiers of German satellite puntries could not be expected Co old the conquerlng Russians.
 Reports Of many fresh German Qivlsions pouring Into the southern Front has coineided in recent days kth news that the roads are be- Inning to harden and will permit aensive action in c few weeks.
 The Russian news agency TaSs Exported that the Germans were ufiing troops intended for the luch-advertised spring offensive | sito action in the Crlmea, only to ave them ground to dust" by the oviet forces.
 AS usual, the Russians were 4eticent about developments along Eho front, though the London Daily | eaTld's Stockholm correspondent | Mrots that both Germans and Rus #saIlg agreed big battle was raging Bear Lenlngrad. Ho said it began | Sunday when the Russians attacked | VII fresh forces md the Moscow ofdi0 reported the capture of e | lfnsegic point. Strong German | 4sDunter-attaeks supported by tanks md failed with exceptionally heavy 0aseg, he said.
 Nine Places Captured
 1he Russian communique last | nidnight said nine localities were #nptiired on the KalinIn front, ogthwest Of Moscow, where fight- h9 has been heavy lately. 1t also tBcfipod nefce battleS on the cen- ral front, In which tho Russians nptured locomotive with 90 paches and 10 wagons Of goods, nd said that on the southern front Infantry supported by artillery had Aemollshed large quantities Of ma- i 8oriai.
 Tshirty-slx German planes were 9estroyed on Sunday, instead of the l6 previously reported, the com
 inique asserted, and on Monday
 German planes were shot down, ainst six Russian aircraft lost, We enemy planes were destroyed gterday in the Moscow area.
 The Daily Herald correspondent
 Id ''raw German recruits were bee lg called up, and as recently as aiiuary were being taken to the lussian front fin an endless success lon of long trains"