World Battlefronts: Three to Make Ready

At a time when every Russian private could join with Adolf Hitler in yearning for news about the when & how of a second front, all that came out of Britain last week were portentous hints of great things afoot:

> British censors passed news stories of tremendous landing-party exercises by Canadian troops on the coast of Britain with A.E.F. lieutenants and sergeants joining for experience in invasion tactics.

> Dwight David Eisenhower, newly appointed commander of the U.S. forces in the European theater, was promoted from major general to lieutenant general.

> The U.S....

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