Unless a masterly retreat succeeds, the Red Army, recording to these eltcles, faces the rerll of being cut up quickly.
Tt Is believed that zhe Germans might allempt a. gigantic pincer movement {rom the north to south flanks on the 7,000-mile front, using Russia's great interior rivers to sate. guard the flanks of the advance, At the came time, experts would direct ah attack from the Warsaw, front against Moscow; after proceod-Ing half way to Moscow these forces might swing north and south 0 J6in-an attempted envelopment ope lon. Once the heart of Russia between Moscow and the Black Sea 'A throe-months' time' limit, based conditions, transport system, would ly be. posed, for autumn rains would tend box down the whole campaign.
Command chose a time when.the noteworthy that the Nazi High Ukraine crops are green and dif cult to destroy by fire, whereas later Russians to pre ing any Immediate' increase in food supply-—Reuter, Germans Thrown Back Moscow, June 24 Joseph Stalin's Red legions yes terday hurled back Witler's panzer Givisions which struck at Russia over front from the Arctic to the Black Sea, said an official. communique.
Three hundred German tanks were destroyed in one theatre of war alone, the communique said, while 76 Nazi planes were shot down in one day and 5,000 German officers and men were taken prisoner.
During yesterday Germans strove develop an" offensive along the whole front from the Baltic to the Black Sea, said the communl+ que, The main thrusts were made in the directions of "Shavly Kaunas, Kordono, Volkovysk, Kobrin, Viadimir-Volynsk,—Raya-Russka and Brady. The Germans met with no successes, said the communique, "All chem attacks in the direc: tions of Vladimir-Volynsk and Brady Were repulsed with Weavy losses to yhe enemy, the communique declared.
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