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"THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 22, 1941.
TWO MILLION NAZI CASUALTIES IN FIRST TWO MONTHS
NEARLY 2,000,000 CASUALTIES WERE SUFFERED BY THE GERMANS. IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE WAR ON THE EAST- ERN FRONT, ACCORDING TO A RUSSIAN ESTIMATE ANNOUNCED BY M. LOZOVSKY FROM THE SOVIET INFORMATION BUREAU IN MOSCOW YESTERDAY.
About half of this 2,000,000 were killed, M. Lozovsky added, saying “Never in history has an army been known to suffer such losses in such a short time.”
Against these losses, he con- tinued, It was true Hiller had gained some Soviet territory but it afforded no food supplies and contained only ruined towns and villages and blown up factories.
Moreover, Hitler had to cope with guerilla warfare and the hatred of the populations in oc- cupied regions.
of war.
Exceptional Courage
The facts had shown that the Red Army was fighting with exceptional courage.
The Germans had been ob- figed to eat their own words about the destruction of the Red air fleet and the ontira force of Rod tanks.
As for the morale of the Soviet
Firstly, that the Red Army was not a serious opponent.
Secondly, that Soviet industry was incapable of standing the strain.
Three initial points in Ger-population, the German new's- man propaganda had been dis-paper "Voelkischer Beobachter." proved by the first two months in its issue on Wednesday,
had been obliged to say: "The stub- bornness of the Soviet defence can be explained in large mea- sure by the consideration that Bol- ceeded in establishing such power shevism during 25 years has suc-
that it is accepted without cussion by the masses."-Reuter,
Thirdly, that the Soviet popu- lation would welcome deliver- ance from a Government ruling only by force.
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COAST LANDING TRAINING
JAPANESE COME TO SAME CONCLUSION
"The situation on the eastern front makes an attempt at invading England im- probable this year," states the Berlin cor- respondent of the Tokyo "Asahi” in cable to his newspaper in Tokyo yesterday, says Reuter.
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Aussie Pilots In Combat
The Australian High-
heard Commissioner yesterday several thrilling stories from pilots of one of the first Australian fighter squadrons to oper- ate from Britain.
One sergeant pilot told how a few days ago he had taken part in an offensive sweep and on the way back from France spotted an ME109 which was to him
"easy meat."
He gave the German a few Several thousand troops seconds of cannon and machine- of the 1st Canadian Divi-gun fire and then heard a com- rade warning him over the radio sion were recently put telephone that there were three of through a strenuous week them diving on his tail.
"I went into a steep left hand of secret training in coast turn and managed to get inside assault tactics in prepara-coming head on at me.
the Germans but one of them way I can tion for the time when hardly remember pressing the gun the British offensive button but to my horror the Ger- strikes back at the Nazis Spitfire.
man came straight towards my in Europe.
The brigade group included infantry, engineers. artillery, machine-gun, medical and signal
"I must have kilted him with about the first shot and his ME passed about three feet over my hoad before it crashed."
units. It slipped quietly away this pilot found there was only one When he landed safely at base from its southern England camp bullet hole in his aircraft--on a area and travelled by train and wing tip:
boat to special training territory.
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The Canadians, aided by Bri-this squadron has destroyed
In little more than three weeks tish Army and Navy officers, German fighters while there learned the trying technique of three probables on the list. They assault landings. on beaches and have lost five machines.-British. within a few days were effecting Wireless. rapid landings in full battle kit.
The deepest secrecy surrounded the unexpec'ed drill in invasion preparations. Some of the Cana- dians were put into blunt-nosed motor landing vessels used six months ago in the Lofoten Island raid.
POTENTIAL CHINA
AIR PILOTS
One hundred and twenty Chinese volunteers from Singa- pore have been sent to Manila by the Chinese Government for air training by American experts, ac- cording to Shanghai Chinese re- ports.
Two infantry regiments went through a most strenuous drill with route marches of from 10 to 20 miles or practice in 'jumping from shipboard, to small bobbing After completing the course they boats and effecting landings on will return to China to join the coastal areas. British Wireless. Chinese air, force-Reuter.
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