Fed up with the military doubletalk of Fleet Street Clausewitzes, two London journals last week tried their hand at ridicule by slight exaggeration.
Said the Daily Express' famed Beachcomber: "The Allies were not surprised, because they knew the possibility of a surprise attack. What surprised them was that the Germans thought it worth while to make a surprise attack ... in view of the fact that we knew that they would try to surprise us."
Added Punch: "Military experts are unanimous that Rundstedt has taken an irrevocable step toward what may be the turning...