Evening star., 1942-06-25
Second Front Believed
Out, Nazis Reported
Planning Mass Action
Berlin Military Men Now
ToIk of Wide Attack
By All Forces
By the Associated Press.

BERN, Switzerland, June 25-
Germany does not believe there is
a real danger OF a second front in
Western Europe" and Axis armies
are preparing for the greatest mass
effort on both the African and Rus
sian fronts since the attack on Rus
sia a year ago, neutral advices from
Berlin reported last night
Berlin military spokesmen who a
few weeks ago spoke In terms OF
limited battles like those of Kerch
and Kharkov now talk of an at
tack of the widest scope by all
forces, it was said.
Believing herself safe against the
second front in Western Europe,
these reports added, Germany will
direct her main effort against the
'unbelievably immense stocks of
men and materiel" in Russia.
Berlin foreign correspondents were
unable to telephone abroad from
Tuesday night until yesterday morn
ing. This was interpreted by the
Zurich newspaper Die Tat as
strengthening the belief chat mass
attacks could be expected soon on
the eastern front.
Can exchange telegraph dis
patch to London from Zurich to-
day said the German high COM
mand had ordered all telephone
communication between Ger
many and non-Axis countries
stopped until further notice.
Another "June 22" Seen.
Another neutral correspondent in
Berlin referred to the impression in
the German capital that another
June %" was likely.
Telephones were similarly blocked
year ago on several occasions two
weeks preceding the initial attack
on Russia.
The strongest reason for the Ger
man readiness to gamble against q
second European front is the ap-
parent conviction that submarine
warfare will prevent the mass ship
ping concentration necessary fol-
such move. it was said
Weighing the factors of food, raw
materials available to Germany
transport difficulties and the effect
Of the RAF raids on German in
dustry, the general conclusion
among foreign diplomatic and in
formed neutral observers was re-
ported to be that Germany is able
to wage another year of war.
One More Great Effort.
Further. her army. despite losses
in men and equipment, is capable
Of at least one more great effort
against Russia this summer, these
observers believe.
They point out. however. that one
factor could upset the calculations
il Raj raids do not-an effective
second front in Western Europe or
as some suggest, an Allied thrust
toward Libya by way of Northwest
Africa.
Informed opinion in Berlin now i.
| that the near future will see tht
attacks on Egypt and Sevastopo
linked with northern drive to Gu
one Allied supply line to Russia. {
push against Leningrad and Mos
COW, and an effort to regain Rostov
The Italians, it was said. wer,
| designated to concentrate on Malta
Britain's Mediterranean base, ant
consolidate the Mediterranean posi-
tions.
German civilian morale took /,
sudden sweep upward with the To
bruk victory, one neutral commen
tator said.
Prefer Sacrifices.
From conversation in restaurants
hotels. trans and even among th'
people in queues before shops" HI
declared, "one gets the impression
that the people prefer even create
sacrifices to a second 1918.
The German population does no
believe the enemy would make {
distinction between the population
and the government in case of {
victory. So one endures the Difficult
things. - The German public il
expecting the coming great often
Sive."
Transport remains the chief bot
tleneck
The inability to get sufficient sup