a sizable remnant of his forces to the Timoshenko may be able withdrew So even if he is defeated, Marshal
Hast. That would imply a Russian stand in the Urals, although ıt would be almost a hopeless one if Chancellor Hitler overruns all of European Russia, depriving the Soviet Union of the bulk of its industrial resources.
Having thrust the Russians from Europe, Chancellor Hitler probably would not attempt to advance to the Urals, but would be content to hold what he has taken. the picture develops thus ib defeated and eliminated as Britain's "second front," The situation would not be worse than before lest June 22 when Russia was guns and reserves—notably oil—in the Russian campaign. He will have to pause for breath before undertaking another major venture.
It is true he would have added a vast source of potential supply in western Russia and the Ukraine, but it will be of little immediate value. The Russians have destroyed and are destroying factories, power sources and anything else of value to the Germans as they retreat. It will fake a long while to get those things back into useful production. As to food, the Germans are likely to have a hard time getting the Russian peasant to produce for them.
So the war is going into the next year whether or not the Russians are defeated. That is less a predict tion than a statement of obvious fact.
Britain, meanwhile, gets stronger and the restless European people become more rebellious. Invasion of Britain seems less remote than ever and the progress of the bat'e of the Atlantic indicates she is not likely to be starved out as long as American supplies keep coming.—United Press.
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