In China the spring-legged fury with which the Jap pressed his drives showed that he knew last week that he had begun a battle in which his greatest enemy was time. For China was in a desperate plight, and the Jap worked fast to make it hopeless.
The Japanese had to hurry, because the United Nations had finally caught on: from China's airdromes the Allies could launch the aerial thrust that would smash Japan's industries, hack to bits its traffic in the South China Sea.
With troops to spare after the collapse of the Philippines and Burma, the Jap shot them into...
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