The great summer Battle of Russia is ending in one of Germany's worst defeats.
Since the Red offensive began in the Kursk-Belgorod sector on July 12, the Russians have rolled forward 50 to 200 mi.
along a 700-mi. front, recaptured 95,000 sq. mi. of Russian earth (see map). They have breached two powerful defense walls.
They have cleared the Caucasus, reoccupied almost half of the Ukraine, imperiled the Crimea, reached the borders of White Russia. They have bled the Wehrmacht, destroyed the bulk of its Panzer.
These were no puny victories. Last week the Russians...
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