The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-07
interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War A.,


Possibilities of conclusive sA Iy''
ed Nations victories which c Tnis
lop months, even years, ~ eO !,
duration of the struggle ~ ~. a'
the making in Europe and a. ID
Even German and 1ena ASA
reallsts no longer can doubt N gss
the Nazi-Nipponese renT Y, aat
the triple Axis, already sh lp,' q
its Fascist prop in ItaIv o.
crurnbling fast. It is Ws wy, u
away through war attrition evsr.l
where with hard, possibly t tiss!
ing, blows in close nrosna ,.,.lSI'
all fronts as the now closs sy On
United Nations fellowship ' s,
in for the kill. e'OSeS
Germany's plight is REVEALED
Russian recapitulation NJ ' N', IN
happened in the Red Army'.S 4S'
month march from the vola, IL "
the Dnleper and beyond, and ror,
to the capture of Kiev, '''"
IndisputabIe
I, Russian territorial game
disputable. They tend stronoI,. H.,
confirm Russian estimates NJ ~ r. W
man casualties and suppom Mr. Ue.'
COW claims of vast war bootv tsr
en- from NaZi armies Which ' .
still retreating under trip,bamn..
attacks and in some sectors giyinr
signs of decentralization, swung
Across the Pacific the Story +.
the same. The southeastern 60,
ment of Japan's insular bulpo',s.
for her boosted prosperity zons '.
being crushed, The RabanI t.r "a
stone already is useless and "
vlously about to fall. And tbe M
of air and sea losses at an eva.
increasing adverse ratio for N.
Tokyo war lords goes on risin,
steadily.
Superior Allied sea power noy
is threatening Japan on two Par.
ific fronts, daring the Nippone,o
main fleet to action. 1t is mohiT
zing by japanese admission nm =,
third front, the crucial bav d,
Bengal, to menace every approsr5
to the China sea core Of Nipnor.
csc war deployment.
Anglo-American all power H.
day also is dominant. Short d
major fleet action there is small
hope for Tokyo that the Rabanl
bastion can be retained Or that
troops garrisoning south Pacific
islands be saved from annjhls.
ton.
Pact Completed
To cap the evil omens Of the
week for Japan, President Roose.
welt has announced completion in
Chungking of a new AngIo-Ameri
can-Chinese operational pact
covering the continent Of Asia ant
linked with the Mountbatten Of
fensive in preparation in Burn;
and the Bay of Bengal, 1t com
pletes the United Nation iron rim
about Japan except for the nortl
sector, dormant under Russo.Jap
anese non-aggression pledges.
The announcement came at tn
moment Washington authorize
disclosed that the new America
super bombers, the Bog evolu
ton of the flying fortresses of to
day, are close to their final acit
test-combat action.
1t seems obvious that these hug
craft which reduce big bombersu
the rank of Eight heavies," arr
destined primarily for operations
in the Pacific-Asiatic war zones
where the distances are the great.
est. They give new meaning to tn
recent American Naval opera.
tons in the central Pacific nne
and to the repossessed Aleudu
take-offs for attack on Japaf IL
self.
In Italy, meanwhile, the first
Nazi defense line below Rome was
cracked in the center by Anglo
American forces. Rome is a scant
70 miles distant this weekend
from the center spearheads Of the
Anglo-American 9Th and 9th arm
les.
In effect, the Allied break
through which has smashed the
Massico-Vasto front is the begin
ming of a Nazi flight from Rome
itself.