The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-06-18

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thres mlntik
ST. egen mase sHsptast ~
Nj ~ fha aase ~ Mhseh Hitler
g. make naae aazsv Yentare h as
east must hSev Kt4gtea Ua rs
easla&
g1mns - $ Alsa a~SceHatn3 -
h~re&8eassk b. the ssF ~ fssA
fhs dzts upan xhseh h# Assss
~sxusxssd the Gntea Saogsss 10
launch s nns02 continental nse
d effuN
Hitler has alneadt lost ore sal
azhla n18nth "a the fighting
waeatAef whNh hss hnliea Ger
ntsn sfTns esch year b. offensive
operations hefwe en May ard No
vtgnhsf A year sao. on MAJ + he
started hs raupalgn on me
keFch peninsula - ths Crimes
Tbs wear he has ht MAY slip
pas wath0uf 3 mafaF move
Caucasus Abandoned
That esn hH interpreted 20
mean the Germans Nili uut strike
tn TIE south, That they have ahsn
ooned faf this year ~ least any
gamble Oh setting uae riches Of
TIE Caucasus the OF Of BRke
They never have made = serious
effort IN that direction Theu
southern campaign last wear 0ss
limited "a . few divisions. dc
signed a. q dtxeF6lnh while they
msds their main effort 80 strike
north through Stalingrad against
the heart 81 HuSSia.
That diversion proved fatal a.
their own plans because Il weak
ened their oan strength IN the
battle Of Ssalingrsd 10 > point
where the Fed army could and
oso check them and throw them
back beyond their Taganr0a-
kasfkov-Kursk starting point
ons A. . Time
They seem % be avoiding that
mistake tAls year, the mistake ~
Josef Stain pat II. of chasing
tive hsFes 81 once
The Caucasian brIdFehsao they
ciung 10 last winter ard are de
tending So siubbornIy this spring
around N0vurussisk. now appearg
20 have been left - . decoy for
Russian forces Instead u being
used 81 The spesrhezd foF 3 Ger
man offensive against the Cau
cssus. Il has been kept - ; has
uon 81 German defense AGAINST
Red army attacks
Tie Russians have not beeu de-.
ladeu into diverting any great
forces % tins sector at the expense
Of tie vital center They appear
70 Be- battering down the bridge
head gradually. with artillery a.
The main weapon. bat keeping
their main forces opposite the
principal German concentration
on hussle's western front
Having sacrificed . month Of
fighting time IN the south. The
Germans cannot afford 70 lose q
minute Of their potential period
q operations n the center They
started their monnenioas maFch
east on June - 1871. after q late
spring They launched their major
offensive June e. 1914. from
Kh4rkoY They must start again
BY June q 1913. II they are 10
get anywhere.
Major Objective
Their MAJOR objective. through
out the ssr has been d~estruc.
ton % the Red army The Ger.
mans capacity 70 strike 81 that
goa has diminished progressively
from . three-front offensive IA
1871. 10 3 two-froni offensive IN
1851 and probably Ia . single
front offensive IN 1913
Their objective has correspond
tngly diminished Probably. Il has
nos reached 3 point where the
mosf The Germans could hope 10
q tbs year would be 20 knock the
offensive power OIL u the Red
army before tie AIilea strike la
TIE AeEt
Stain does not think ne Ger
mans car do inst
Another teg o. three powerful
blows from the sesf and Fast are
needed he aid Ia AS last speech
AsE D for the catastrophe II
hlfAsFiie Germany - bseame a
accomplished feet
b June r. iasi f4o gesrs after
US Germans brought thals ordeal
~ ne eaa upen themselves they
NAY - % Their uaY to hunesne
MsH final downfall upsn them
selves
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