Evening star., 1944-08-02
Three New Traps Imperi| Nazis;
Churchill Says Allied Advances
On All Fronts May End War Soon
Britain to Shift
Ships to Fight
Jops, House Told
BY the Associated Press.

! BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 2.-Prime Min
lister Churchill said today he felt
that the final end of the war
against the Axis would come
sooner, perhaps much sooner,
than he once expected.
"On every battle front all over the
world" he told the House of Com
mons, "the armies OF Germany and
Japan are recoiling. - I am
increasingly led to feel that the
interval between the defeat of Hit
Ter and the defeat of Japan will be
shorter-perhaps much shorter
than I had at one time supposed. -
He mentioned no dates. But, con-
fident and cheerful, he sketched
bright pictures of a swiftly ap-
preaching victory. He spoke / hour
and IS minutes before the House
which had just voted itself q seven
week holiday.
Aside from the Japanese refer
ence, the most definite statement
he made on this score was:
Il fear greatly the raising OF false
hopes. out no longer feel bound
to deny that victory may come per-
haps soon."
News From Normandy Good.
In the same vein he said that
"one cannot take more than q
sweeping glance of the World War
as 1t approaches the end of its fifth
year and as it approaches perhaps
its closing stage"
The news from Normandy is ex-
tremely good and ''the 1st American
Army advancing down the Atlantic
coast might well be approaching the
important railway center of Rennes
about halfway across the base of the
Brest Peninsula"
OF Italy he said: I'VE may hope
that operations of the utmost vigor
will be continued by Gen. Alexander
ALLIED commander in chief and his
army throughout the summer and
autumn"
But he added that while things
were going well there, 1T is the
Russian Army who have done the
most work tearing the CUTS out of
the German Army"
Plan Agreed on at Teheran.
The Prime Minister said the in
vasion OF Normandy June full
filled promise made to Stain at
Teheran that such = plan would be
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May or the beginning of June.
The Soviet leader promised in re-
turn. Mr.. Churchill said, that the
whole of the Russian armies would
be thrown. as indeed they have
been, into the general battle in the
east"
There are no other forces in the
world that could have been called
into being except after several more
years that would have been able
to maui and break the German
Army" Mr.. Churchill said in prais-
ing the Russians.
Il salute Marshal Stain. the
great champion of a great country,
and 1 firmly believe that our 20
year treaty with Russia will prove
to be one of the most durable fac
tors in preserving peace and good
order and the progress of Europe.
1T might we'll be that the Russian
successes have been somewhat aided
by the strategy of Corpl. Hitler.
Even military idiots find it difncult
not to see some faults In some of his
actions"
Other Highlights.
Other highlights from the Prime
Minister'S war summary:
l. The United States Navy alone
is already double the size of Japan's
and the British Fleet in Asiatic
waters will be greatly strengthened
by the end of the year.
2. American and British-C Cana
dian forces were of about equal
strength in the invasion of Nor
mandy, but the American forces
now are larger. I'VE have inflicted
losses on the enemy about double
those which we have suffered our
selves"
3. To critics of British tanks, he
said both the Cromwell and the
American-made Sherman were ex-
cellent and "the notorious Church
ILL.," the most thickly skinned CO.
tonner, "is coming into it's own"
4. He confirmed Turkish sever
ance of diplomatic and economic
ties with Germany and said that If
the Axis struck at Turkey I'VE shall
make common cause with her and