World War: EASTERN THEATER: Eleventh Week

The Red Army has exploded the myth of German invincibility and shattered the illusion of the Blitzkrieg. The mad Fascist beast is bleeding profusely.

—Moscow Red Star

Last week World War II began its third year. This week the Russo-German War began its eleventh week. At the outset military experts sold the Red Army short.

For the Red Army to try to slug toe-to-toe with the Wehrmacht, said they, would be fatal. The Red Army would be annihilated within three months. Last week the Red Army was still only partly annihilated, and the...

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