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DEFENCE NEEDS

A new and striking turn was given to discussions On Britain's defence needs when Lord Templewood and Lord Trenchard gave details of the kind of Air Force whael they estimate would ensure peace. Never, since Russia resuscitat- ed world aların, has so de- finite and authoritative a pre- scription been given for halt. ing aggression without war. The figures are large, even supposing they comprise an Anglo-American and not a British force

only. But nothing is too large for peaer. and the impressiventss of the statement, backed as it was in principle by Lord Porta? of Hungerford, so long the Chief of our Air Stall, connot be obscured by platitudes about

defence balancing against other needs.

Two main points wer brought out in The debate. The first is the urgent need of making effective the de- fence arrangements of West-

the ern Europe with operation of Amerien-since Britain cannot do and is not

co-

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1948.

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH INSTALMENT

CRUSADE IN EUROPE

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's

Own Story Of The War..

In Europe

grizler degree than any other, and its capture of the formidable not was firead proof that

th Amestea SERUNH come fully of age.

Following

forces

onmediately

break-through,

but

Alexander

By the time Alexander, reach, Tunisia. In the American sector ed, on the west, the hind frain the place was Bill 600, eventual- which he wished to launch his captured by the 34th Division, final thrust, I had become up-to the intense satisfaction, parti- parent that further attacks from early, of the American high the south by the Eighth Army niemand. This division hud Lee would be costly and indecisive demand opportunity for training to becmuse of the nature of the terrain along the Enflduville line, Success would make the unit,, At the same time we confidently and it wasihi give a setine of he believed that the German wonlit the American expect the main attack to be der- complishment to people that they richly deserved | iivered by the Eighth Army, miner --- www of the strenuous effort that organisation had established the Many box nude thus far in the a brilliant reputation in its haut sent amoured units of the Bri was. Out of victory patiekpatest pursuit across the Western De-ush First Army topally forward Ip by both countries on a sights sert and the enemy would mat- seross the base of the Bon Pen-! fent seule would come a sense turnity expect us to use it for our inatla, where We believed the of parkurship nat otherwise di- kutekqui punch.

Germans might attempt to retrɗa Lainable. The soldiers themselves.

40 ke

1 stond in th.- were voliti to engage

convictium, aberefore,

of Bataan, Alexander's operation where for the first time that

the enemy would

of swift artion, regardless the stil Conditions would favour instead event keep strong forces in frontmany thousands of enemy of hunger and impede them, “A of the Eighth Army, Grimal Al- fighting in confused packets along read victory would give then u exander quickly Himal

for the Berner tests br Plat

brought around from that think toyed this last desperate hope of vel to come.

several of the Eighth Army's Bress | the enemy, From then on the Alexander Instantly riscurred divisions and attaches them to operations were of a mupping-wi In my determitzulon That the the satish First Army. These are variety. Some lighting continu Compa" should labs used in its en-rangements were completed of tirety and uh a unit. He propstinis to bregan the that uskult on ed, and I agreed, that the best May 5. plan

transfer

31 The Corps Deross the reut of Abr First Army and place

dan facing northern This atvolved i merly in stell work murder to aval entangles

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Fir Army's supply lines, but Ander son's and Pulton's staffs worked otif the details so effelently that no confusion resultext. It was arve that prewar stall colleges would have deerned on impossibl- Bity. But clockwork schedules Bul effective traffic control at erossroads characterised the whole movement.

A1 this time I made another change in the command of the 11 Major General Omar N.

expected to do everything.Corps. The second is that everything | Bradder hand reported fer Ea4L JEI possible must be done. In | late Pebruary te ih "inspector," order that Britain's share Asule from his outstanding per- should be worthy, to see that the Services CATE Count upon the highest quality equipment and the fullest.

In this connec manpower. tion the Government would seem to have tried to atone for two highly culpable errors the first insufficient provision for national de- fence, and the second, insuffi- cient pay for the defence Ser- vices.

sonni quailleations, he had gained the during much experience March and early April aghting The compelling reason for the change was to give General

Pat- ton the appertunity to go bock la Seventh Army Headquarters for the bud finish preparations Sicilia lovasiou, which

wits to inke place as soon as possible after the completion of the Af- མ་ rien emmpaign. A seconil and

to

less important reason, and the

one given out, since manifestly tite whole truth could not be hint- ed at for the moment, was that the II Corps operations would from then on feature fontry rather than

tank tactics and su The change

conamander of its

It may well be, however, that in both cases the atone- ment is both belated and nig- gardly. In respect of de- from a lank technician to an in- Inntry expert was logical, Brud- fence, they have presentect a

ley took command on April 15, Bill to increase the period of 1043, atter part of the corps was service with the colours from frently in position in the north. one year to 18 months. This In the meantime General Mout- is the bare minimum neces

Komery continuc to advance sary to ensure that the Army,

northward, until finally he push- E up to the line of Endaviile, at any rate, does not wither where he came up.against a very away, and it is still very strong enemy position which doubtful whether the new effectively blocked his further provision will provide a real-progress.

However, the stage Was now ly battle-it Army. It is all

almost completely set for the to the good that the Govern- final allout elfort against the ment should now confess nemy position. Improving wea-

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r of the eighteenth century, was ikely to be, for weeks months,

or he humoured guest of his captos The truthion that all professional soldiers are really comeniles arms has, in tattered form, per sisted to this day.

For me World War II was far 100 personal

thing to entertain such feelings. Daily, as it pro-

of

the

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The custom had its origin in, United Nations. It clearly signi- the fact that mercenary soldiers fled to friend and for alike Out hat no real enmity toward the Alles were at last upon the their opponents. Both sides fought march, The Germans, who hack for the love of a fight, out of a during the previous winter suf- the great defeat of Base of duty ur, more

Stalingrad and had been forced to abandon the other offensives on the Russian front in favour of were coin- desperate defence, pelied after Tunisia to think only protection of conquesta ruther than of their enlargement. Within the African theatre one of the greatest products of the victory was the progress achieved in the welding of Allied unity and gressed there grew within me the establishment of a command showing conviction that us never before in team that was already

war between many nations the the effects of a growing confid forces that stood for human goudence anel trust among all its mein-

is easy to ininmiso and men's rights were the time bers.

obstacles that always by a completely evil

obstruct Confromat conspicuity with which no cam progress in developlug efficient for large promis could be tolerated. He command mechunkans

all forces, Some are easy to cause only by the utter destruc-

those relating lion of the Axis was a decent recognise, such

equipment, world possible, the war become to

and tactical doctrine, for me a crusade to the tradition- training al

that often misused staff procedures and methods of sense of word.

organisation. But these are over- shadowed by national prices and

In this spécife instance. I told

differences

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in

the

my Intelligence aflcer, General prejudices. Kenneth Strong, to get any in-j In modern war, with its great formation he possibly coutil out! fuc

fuellities for quickly informing

surrender tema.

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Even

be achieved if the chief figures in

of the capturer generals but that, populations of battlefield develop- as fue us I was concerned, I was ments, every little difference Interested only in those who were magnified, and a soldier fighting not yet captures. None would for his ille is likely to be a very be allowed to call on me. I pur- temperamental organism. sued, the saITIO practice to the triell veterans, normally selfless end of the war. Not until Field and serene, can react sullenly Marshal Joill signeel the surrend and explosively to a headline story

favouring in their er terms at Rheims in 1945. cllel

opinion, ever speak to a German general, other nationality. The problem is anti even then my only words delicate, tricky, and important- were that he would be held per

but success in allied ventures can sonally and completely resson- sible for the carrying out of the the Government and in the field see the necessities of the aliuation The outcome of the Tunisian and refuse to violate the basie campulan was of course eminent-principle unity, either in pub- conftance bf the ly satisfactory, but the high com- lie or in the mand was so busily engaged In personal contacts with subordin

ates and stuffs. for the

Immediate Sicilian alates

and preparation tack that little opportunity was continuous loyalty to the солсере available for celebration How- of unity and to allied command- ever, a Victory Parade was held ers is basic to victory. The In- in Tunis on the twentieth to marke stant such commanders lose the government the end of the Axis Empire in confirlence of either Africa.

or of the majority of their prin- magnitude of our cipal subordinates, they must be The very victory, at least of our captures, relleved. served to intensify our difficulties This was the great Allied les- in preparing for the Sicilian son of Tunista; equally important, affair. W We had more than af on the technical side, was the

effect

af

of training. Thorougla technical, psychological, and phy- sical training 18 one protection and one weapon that every nation its soldiers before can give to

quarter of a million prisoners.car value ralled in Tunisia, where pour communications made feeding an guarding dificult and rapid eva- cuation impossible. But the end of the campaign did have the committing them to battle, but de- of freeing commanders since war always comes to a and staffs from immediate opera- mocracy as in unexpected emer- their surrender to their Left-

ther was eagerly seized upon cisive. On the left the Americansia were safely within prison their full attention to the mat-y necomplished in peace

The results were speedily de-only living Germans left in Tuni-, tions and allowed them to turn geney, this training must be large- Until Preparator world order is an accomplished Wing, when they reduced the enemy's line of communications II Corps, with some detachments chiren. The number of prisoners ter next in hand. period of service in the ori- between Africa and Haly, and of French "Coumiers," advance during the last week of the cam planning had been going on ever fact and universal disarmament a ginal National Service Bill, the Axis position grew more magnificently through tough goalgn alane reached 240,000, of since February in a special group logical result, it will always be a 125,000 attached to Allied Headquarter types and kinds of training that

crime to

w excuse

ponsibilities. For example,

by

the air forces to harass thei

Under

men from the

me and captured Bizerte on the whieh our growing******

approximately to have been indefensible. precarious,

Just to the Southward we

were German. Included in these but operating under General Al- but the new measure does not

air superiority our aval forces seventh.

First Army, under captures was all that was left exander. This group was now will give them a decent chance show that they are even yet

niso pushed forward their bases the British

absorbert completely in General for survival in 'battle. Many of and operations and added to the General Anderson, carrying out of the Afrika Korps and a num ready to act up to their res- enemy's difficulties.

Our

Bround the main effort, was in Tunis ist ber of other cruck German and Alexander's staff and the whole the crosses standing in Tunisia process of preporation" was vastly today are witnesses to this truth. troops were confident and anxi- approximately the same time that italian tusils.

Rommel himself escaped before speeded up. aus. to wind up the whole affair. the II Corps reached Bizerte.

During the final days of the||the final debacle, apparently fore-

The Tunisian vietory was hail- some depth The enemy still held

To Be Continued Tunisian

ed with delight throughout the campaign two focal but-seeing the mevitable und eurnest- in the mountainous areas on alles, in the North, one in the Belly desiring to save his own skin. western flank, and the first move the sector and one in the Ameri- The myth of his and Nazi Invin- was to launch assaults calculated Those who enlist volun-

to drive him back to the edge of can, gripped the interest of the cibility had been completely des-

Both positions trøyet. gon entire theatre.

Von Arnim surrendered tarily on long-term engage:

the Tunisian plain. These began

Field ments are the core

on April 23, and all along the were exceedingly strong naturul-the German troops, und of the The

and Marshal Messe, in nominal com- line satisfactory

fiercely defended, udvances were y. and Services, and efficiency large- made, Co-ordination

between both were essential to us in our ingrui of the whole force, surren- the Italian contingent. the

was brought

in respect of the RAF Lord Portal contends that the period of service should be two or three years.

KNOW YOUR

ly depends upon them. The air and ground forces was im- final drive for victory. The post-dered

tion in the British, sector was When You Arnim aimendments now proposed beginning of the campaign, und

measurably batter than Rt Longstop the buttles for its pos- through Algiers on his way to in pay must accordingly be all of our assaults took place with session from the beginning to the captivity, some members of, my judged by whether or not

of the African help, effective aerlat

campaigestuft felt that I should observe Our end they will put right the dis superiority in artillery was giv-probably cost more lives than did the custom of bygone days and

the fighting for any other spot in'ullow, him to call on me. appointments in the rate of ing us a further advantage. recruiting. It is to be feared that they may not. The in- little if anything more than creases in regular basic pay compensate for the gradual DO YOU are designed, according to running out of War Excess Mr. Alexander, to attract payments and Supplement men with

Marriage special skill. ary

allowances. There will, it is true, be some Many officers canhot make extra premium on having or both ends meet now, and a acquiring special qualifica- slight closing of the gap, 25 tions, but, failing other in- Mr. Micawber indicated, does ducements, there can be no not make the difference be- certainty that the increase is tween misery and happiness. enough to wean such men We shall not get the Services from civilian life, with the we want, either on sea, on possible exception of married the land, or in the air, unless eognise where men, whose allowances will the Government gives them this ploture was be substantially increased."

priority in caro and in kant. The an- Concessions to officers are esteem. That was not nor is in Pago

Nine. particularly unsatisfactory. necessary, three years ago on They are to get no increase the morrow of victory, but in baste pay at all. The in- it becomes imperative today crease in marriage allow-when we are on the eve of unces will, in mummy cases, do t we know for lehnt.

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