The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-30
THE WAR ON
 MANY FRONTS
By United Press

First indication that the oerfnanSi may be planning Q general wtth-I drawal westward from the Donetsi basin at the extreme south end o6l the Russian front came today in an{ ohcial announcement from Berlin that NaN troops had evacuated Tag-t anrog on the east of Azov.
 There had been no previous word from either side that Taganrog, an-I choring the southern end of thel German defense line, had been un-l der undue pressure from Red Army, forces based at Rostov, S5 miles to, the east.
 However, the smashing Soviet suc-t above the Donets basin, had ser. iously threatened the bulge" cre-, ated by the surving front line to the south. With the Russians near the enemy's big base at Poltava, tho danger of entrapment of several German divisions to the south has been increasing daily.
 If the Germans take up new de. fensive positions to straighten the southern end of the line, the Dnie- per river probably would afford tho best natural protection.
 Pushing Ahead
 The Red Army was pushing ahead along a 600-mile front running northward from the Sea of Azov to the Spas Demensk area. southwest of Moscow. The Russians announced capture of 50 more places west and southwest of Kharkov, in cluding Lyubotin, IA miles west Of the big Ukraine city, in consolida- tion of earlier gains on that front.
 The military situation was only part of the Nazi troubles. Prob- lems affecting German controly over satellite natious and occupied coun. tries reached the critical stage in view of recent events in Denmark and Bulgaria.
 The Danes were as near to open revolt as their limited capacity to resist the German occupation forces would permit. The armed forces oQ Denmark had removed some 44 warships from the NaN grasp and had destroyed military fortificationst depots and stores. About 30 Of thel ships had been scuttled in their har1 bors and most of the others had esa capped to Sweden. il
 Military Rule u The Germans under Gen. Her51 mann Won Hanneken, commande41 of the occupation army in Den1 mark, placed the country unde4i strict military rule and King Chris4 tian x and members of the DanA ish government were believed tul Nazi custody. There measures couldl not entirely stamp out the sabotaga1 and open resistance that have be- set the oppressed country for tw6 weeks, however.
 Germany's position in Bulgaria was especially grave since the death on Saturday of King Boris, who had been a "friend and ally" of Adolf Hitler in the face of sharp demands from the populace that Bulgaria stop supporting Germany. There were well-founded doubts that Ger- many would be able to control the new clements that may come into power in Bulgaria now. There have been persistent suggestions that Boris was victim of an assassin even though the Axis claimed that he died natural death.
 Anti German
 Anti German demonstrations were reported in Sofia, with the people demanding peace. Germany has demanded all-out cooperation with the Axis by Bulgaria.
 Nor was Germanys relations with the neutrals improving. One cer- tain manifestation of the decline of Nazi prestige among the neutrals was Germany's dispute with Sweden over the sinking of two Swedish fishing vessels by German warships. A strong Swedish protest brought only an angry German note that the trawlers had violated their country's neutrality.
 The Allied air offensive against the Axis European citadel was con- fined mainly to Italy, where flying fortresses from Africa wrecked the Orte rail junction north of Rome, yesterday-the third successive day. of attacks on communications around the capital. The earlier raids were on Sulmona and Ternis other Allied planes continued t6 hammer railways and roads 1a, southern Italy.
 A ,belated report on the American raid on Regensburg and Schwein- furt in Germany Aug. 17 stated conservatively that the raiding fortresses had shot down 307 Nazi fighter planes while losing record y,,,y,oher of 6Q hoynherS