The Archive · 1941

Britain Bore the Brunt

in and her Dominions. with the active support of the United States of America", the former Foreign Commissar added, "to bear the brunt of the arduous struggle against Hitler and his vast war machine, the result of six years' preparation.' And now this struggle has fallen with special force to the lot of the Soviet Union "To wage this struggle against a common foe to the bitter end is the single, all-embracing task confronting this country. In his diabolical plan for attacking other countries in order to fulfill his dream of world domination, Hitler has always been driven by the principle divide and attack'

"He uses the most insidious means to prevent his intended victims from organizing common resistance, taking special pains to avoid r on two fronts against the more powerful Europe ates. His strategy is to mark down his victim and strike at them one by one in the order prompted by circumstances.

He intended first to deal with the western states so as to be free afterwards to fall on the Soviet Union, but this did not quite come off, There was a hitch somewhere.

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