Thus, when the "Red Star" declares the German military machine has proved its inadequacy to overcome the water barrier of the Brit. {sh Isles and a "colossal force" would required even to attempt an in. vasion, this opinion can be accepted fas reflecting M. Stalin's own view. point. The undoubted meaning is that "the Russians do not Delleve Chancellor Adolf Hitler can defeat the British by invasion tactics.
Furthermore, the "Red Star" pays high tribute to the skill of British generals in adapting themselves. to methods of warfare, especially in the North African campaign. It Indicates. the majority of foreign observers have been surprised at the boldness of British strategy for they attached little significance to the start of the North African offensive fat Sidi Barranl The estimate of the "Red Star" that British control of the Mediterranean may be hampered but cannot be overcome by German intervention in the air is a further tribute to Bri-{ain's competence to meet new prob-Jems. That opinion is borne out by the decline in the intensity of Ger man alr raids over" the Meiterra san due {0 probably both to heavy losses and to British bombing of the new German bases in Sicily.
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