The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06

The War
BY HAMILTON W FApo,

4 X 1
a bad case Of .nvs:.,. ,.,,...
swiftly growing worse cezc.:s '' -
ler's ''intuitive strategy. 80. -
TO be partial s.swe. '''
the apparent impotence - q
troops falling back 5e*.-e -. ~,
invasion armies II s.->-s-. - -
Apathy Of the Italians -- -.a,E'
and troops alike - d c..-ve .,
a part IN the thus IA u-,s,...s-,'N
easy conquest Of the .os :. ',3
Italian boot. " Il.
But that dislike Of re IT,.
for war could no. alone . ,a'-sa'
for the LACK Of rna.e-.s, ~eE.. .-'-'.'
to the British ard Cs.s6.s~-,sS 's.,os
ing north along re ives. 49,. -,',
the Italian mainland because ~. q
many's strength is no g.r. Ge''
However, Germany ses ~ =,
fearful Of where tae A,,.es , :, y
next will strike, 50 tes,1,I '':.sa'
that the Nazi leaders .ss.-., &c,
turn needed Strength -, ~ %
Instead they are dep,3~.-g' . .,s-!g'
along the thousands &. 0:.a luce,
probable invasion c,ss,,.rss HES 0,
guarding every possible i.rs ana
spot and weakening all 'a''g
Strategy seems 10 5:c>... g..
the nervous Naz.s shall ~. 1'a;
chance 10 calm down s,,t.; ,.S,ea
to soldify Their Ines be.,~a ' '.,.,
sion comes. Instead. ron -, ..''a'
day they may expeo. rs;5s %
that may be only C9r9sr5.'.a..,a S
sorties but a any line rrs s,,-..'EPe
real thing. Ore Sue. raid W.. W lie
ported Sunday BY :ae Ns7;s W. ~ re-
island OF Ushant of tos .. ~, ne
coast OF France 5u: .5e-e ''',,,,c
been no confircast: oa t-o~o .,1 .as
sources. "'-eo
Where the raids will s-.;,,,
when they will pass iron ,.s s s.o
to invasion stage, he eoe-, ~, 40. cs.o
not determine. Thus the ii. -a,.
grow and the defense Ines rs sr..','
spread thinly, all along =. I ia~
western coastal iron. 81 F,,on .u~S
Southern France, s5 vii ns,..
be defended along II. Hs3,ar -,,aS'
can shore, for there .9Ts. .,' sba
constant threat Of invasion w. -.e
erican forces in he ..e3isr, ~-.'
can.
Similar uncertainty is bsr,
built up in the minds Of the JsS.
anese. Reaching deep into enemv
territory, bombing planes a..
striking hard a. japanese INSTALL.
tons, and have brought apprehea.
sive state-e-.s from japanese
leaders tha. tie enemy mainland
may be bombed at any time.
The latesc Of the far.flung raids
IN the war in the orient took BON.
bers over a 1000 mile route from
India TO batter enemy installations
on Car Nicobar, tiny island off
the northern tip OF Japanese-held
Suratra in the Netherland Indies
and not far from the coas, Of
Burma.
Presumably a mission that CON,
bined attack and RECONNAISSANCE,
the flight might have been under,
taken in mapping plans for the
amphibious operations expected
off the coast of Burma when Lat
Louis Mountbatten takes over 81.
preme command of the Southea@
Asia theater to drive the JAPANESE
out Of Burma.
Little is known here Of the a
square miles of Car Nicobar Wh@
has no important natural resc-
ces. But. the Nicobar is..
group as a whole consists prE
pally of small and relatively Il
islands which have the making
good airfields.
The island, in Allied hands c0ut
become the base for bombing
raids against enemy strongholds
not only in Burma bu. in the ad'
joining Andaman Islands Sunla'
ira and the Malay peninsula. Also
il could provide base for opera
tons against enemy shipping ou'
OF Singapore on the tip Of the Ma
lay peninsula up the coasthne 10
Burma