"Second Front"
London, July 11, Soviet Russia has asked Great Britain to create a second active front against Nazi Germany in order, to weaken the German drive against the Red Army and to demonstrate Bri tain's sincerity in her desire to ald Moscow yesterday, " writes Russia, reliable news received from
Frederick Kuh, United Press Staff Correspondent, seemed likely that M." Joseph, Stalin' conveyed this' request to Sir Stafford Cripps, British Ambassador, when the two ict last Tuesday.
Tt was known that Soviet Russia desires technical and economic assist tance, a8 well as weapons and muni Yang, "but apparently Moscow con siders establishment of a new front other than in the alr, to be a crucial {eat of British determination and sin~ cerity. in aiding. Russ "According: to. authorliative sources, the: Russians estimate that Hitler hay concentrated 80 per cent. of the total Strength of the Luftwaffe against Russia, "German pilots taken prisoner by. the. Russians include many who hua just returned from Africa, Sicly, Greece, Crete, France, Belgium a elsewhere, Station Line Not Plereed White it was admitted that the Ger mans had broken through many out= iving Russian defence positions, thoriues here afizmed that the Nazis have not succeeded in piercing the fain Stalin Line, although ighting was" going on, especially east Minsk Tt would be wrong to assume that the Russians: who remained in Ger~ man pockets in several districts, In. cluding Grodno and Rovno, did. intentionally. in order. to " emulate British strategy In. North "Africa. where a" foothold "was retained Tobruk in order to menace the Ger~ man rear, The Russians in these Dockets were comered, but instead of retreating oF surrendering, they stayed in their positions and fought the Germans from the rear, repeated.
cutting oft the German spearheads from the main Naat army, Reliable circles said that even the German mechanized divisions so fav had failed. to" break through the Ukrainian front
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