1941-08-22 — Page 8

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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- Thirdly. that the Soviet popu- finned, it was trug Hiller hadlation would welcome deliver- gained some Soviet territory but jance from

it afforded no food supplies and only by force. contained only ruined towns nud villages and blown up factories.

Moreover, Hitler had to cope with guerilla warfare and the i batred of the populations in oc-

cupied regions.

Three initial points in Ger. man propaganda had been dis. proved by the first two months of war.

Government ruling

Exceptional Courage

The facts had shown that the Red Army was fighting with exceptional courage.

The Germans had been ob- Ilged to cat their own words about the destruction of the Red alr flect and the entire force of Red tanks.

JAPANESE

COME TO SAME CONCLUSION

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"The situation 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

As for the morale of the Soviet Commissioner yesterday Firstly, that the Red Army was population, the German news heard several thrilling

not a serious opponent.

Secondly that Soviet industry was incapable of standing

strain.

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#hevism during 25 years has suc- ceeded in establishing such power that it is accepted without dis- few days ago he had taken part In an offensive sweep and on the cussion by the masses."—Reuter.

way back from France spotted an ME109 which was to him "easy meat."

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He gave the German a few seconds of cannon and machine- gun fire and then heard a com- rade warning him over the radio telephone that there were three of them diving on his tail.

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"I went into a steep left hand turn and managed to get inside the Germans but one of them was coming head on at

me.

I can hardly remember pressing the gun

man came straight towards my Spitilre.

Several thousand troops button but to my horror the Ger- of the 1st Canadian Divi- sion were recently put

"I must have killed him with about the first shot and hle ME through a strenuous week

passed about three feet over my of secret training in coast head before it crashed."

When he landed safely at -base assault tactics in prepara-this pilot found there was only one tion for the time when bullet hole In his. aircraft-on a the British offensive wing tip

In little more than three weeks strikes back at the Nazis this squadron has destroyed in Europe.

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German fighters: while there three probables on the list. They The brigade group included have lost five machines.—British Infantry, engineers, artillery, Wireless: machine-gun, medical and signal

units. It slipped quietly away preparations. Some of the Cana- from its southern England camp dians were. put into blunt-nosed area and travelled, by train and motor landing vessels used six boat to special training territory. months ago in the Lofoten Island

The Canadians, aided by Bri- raid. '';

drill

tish Army and Navy officers. Two infantry regiments went learned the trying technique of through a most strenuous assault landings on beaches and with route marches of from 10 to within a few days were effecting 20 miles or practice in jumping rapid landings in full battle kit from, shipboard to small-bobbing The deepest secrecy surrounded boats, and effecting landings. on the unexpected drill in invasion coastal areas. British Wireless.

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