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THE

General Horrocks's article

14 the first of a series specially commissioned to give readers of the Ching Mail a true picture of Russian military might, Each is ly 11 expert student of Soviet affairs. On Thursday, Richard Chancellor - the pseu donym of an outstanding i navat authority de-

scribes Russian sea power.

in

FTER the Germans

capetfair

the spring of 1945 | hap

THEIR FINEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT A REAL HOME

F

By Elisabeth Ann

everything our to care for him from the

are of five

London. habit of pocketing LIVE YEAR OLD Jack within reach

finished the letter he was writing. Inevitably, as is to be expected at his age, the letter was Kn almost meaningless scrawl. Equal- ly inevitably, as is the case with most letters children write at this time, his scribbling was 10 Father Christmas.

Lacking home care has habit could well be the foundation of

criminal career But Jack is tion in a Borst: Institution if not destined to finish his educa- the Home Office and the Seat- tish Office know anything

Jack lying in an institution. has been something of a prob. Hem child He's never had a loy of his own be right not get wie this year either--and con- sequently he's developed the

REALITIES OF RUSSIAN

POWER

FIRST ARTICLE

HOW STRONG IS

THE RED ARMY?

pement Ju be com-

manding a corps which oc cupied the most easterly

I do not

By Lieut-General

SIR BRIAN HORROCKS

has been sub

has

an early age

jority of the beter educated Russian, United States. And /TIE

1!1 remain

ndustry or British armies, namely, the T34, serve in the Soviet navy and air General Palton, and Centurion,

sional rommanders whom I used the

writ

about it.

Homes Sought

Government

NOW the two

budies are to put un the cinema screens The story of 20,000 Utile Jacks---and Jis. For len

minutes the film "A Family Affair" will tell the story

the unwanted of

children for whom a home is sought.

Wisely, experts advising the twa departments have realised that the finest Christmas present any of the legion of the un- wanted could have would be a real home life.

The film is fiank propaganda hed at the uned

small suburban houses in B effurt Lo And peopic

+do

A truly putheile Agure is little Donald. Fathy is dead--he was killed in action and mother. his only relative, is seriously ill in hospital. Mother will stay there for at least three years, And she may never come out.

Donald is exactly the posite of Michael Having been loved and cared for by his mother, he was utterly discon- solaje aj Anding himself a mere unit among unwanted children. However much affection foster- parents are prepared to lavish they will on this tile boy. have to face the fact that there will be little return for it. He lives for the day when his mother will reclaim hin,

Little Mother

ITTLE Sally, now ter, would, on the other hand, really

to a

They know, too, that unles return affection given to ber Jack gets parents of his own he

Her family tragedy came when likely to Agure in the Home

mother ran away with the next- Office records na statistic Irt

door neighbour Moved the Crime Report for 1960.

children's reception home, Sally Good though the State homes within a few days

was a little and institutions are, they all mother to the duzen little babies one common feature -the there. She would sit for hours boisterous ups and downs of crooning to them as they went to family life

sleep. Now in a larger Institu- tion Sally Secks home of her

Those are just six cases— there are another 19,994. Not all are

problem children, but ail miss the the ordinary things-a everyday

bedroom one or two shared with only other children. staircase scamper up and down, a garden play In unsupervised by urses, a few lovs to own, and. aLove all, someone to whom the secrets of a little heart can b told.

who will. as foster- parents, open the door and take one of the little ones in as one of the family.

One

iem

came

into

shocking fact will be re- vealed. Although the Children's *harter

operation early five years ago. the prob- or the homeless child is still far from solved.

der prived children in Britam to- tay: 50,000 of them are in the care of local authorities and 30.000 in orphanages and homes voluntarily supported.

There are some

sume 18,000

of the

now

and 20,000 children

need

Stories of Some

Suspicions; Fears

chubby, the

It is the children of the in- between ages who are difficuk to place. The 12 to 14-year-old boys and girls worry the Home Office most. If they And no ruots now they are likely to yun riot when they leave the institutions, or they will marry

having young without

any family He is

Of the 56,000 under local

15 apparently very authority care nearly 25,000 are THERE believe that Funda-

little difficulty in private fuster-homes

in finding sector of Western Germany, mentally the Russians are any

43f

for the remaining foster parents to the Russians, briver than the troops next door

the

bables, though fuster-parents gurgling force Even the corps and divi- are similar in quality, though urgently and I attended many con- Weston countries, 11

boys are slower to go than the Russians lead everyone in None of them, of course is girls. ferences with their corps duetenation to which the youth to meet were largely uneducated quantity, they are reported to

homeless. They are actually by our standards, and & high hat 25.000 and divisional cominanders of the country

have

tanks of various

Bul washed, clothed, and fed. jected from

re

They appear, however, their care I also saw something of the

men proportion of the N.C.Os. and type:

is "by the dozen are quite illiterate. men are

This in be the only country which as they need desperately a real Russian army itself.

recludes the use of wireless to pro

to producing heavy tanks in any home life. any great extent. Moreover, as numbers, namely, the "Stalin' few of the

Junior NCOs. or men

and the German Tigers, which can read

they are continuing to Caberent military message. no facture in Eastern Germany

ablle operations which are at

will to be shown all complicated can ever be at- 1: is probable that

Today THE film

tel! on the streen the tempted. This counts for the Russia possesses approximately

This is where the foster- extime rigidity of all Russian 175 divisions, of which from 60 stories of some of the children.

But behind the script Hek

parents real work begins, many tragic and pathetic vig- will be up to them to wipe out the distrus, the suspicions, the Subordinate commanders are

made to increase the proportionnelles.

There is little Brian, Unhappy fears which have little initiative. of these allowed

hese mobile divisions,

been driven very

but at home. his food not and the plan, which is made at

always deep into the child in its early it is doubtful if this will De

life. a high level, must be strictly possible for some years adhered to al all costs. This Corne These are

the divisions does not matter particularly which would be used initially

The Impressions gained at that Time have since been confirmed ¡by the various scraps of in.

formation which ww

treated a tanatical faith in the Russian way of ufe among the VOUFFREY FRONT The young Rus stans are perfectly prepared lu te for them

beliefs. just Wee The Tamatical young S.Si

German army The olde men are brave because extreme through the grucks the only unpleasant things happen in

now possable Russia to those a reasonably accurate The Soviel to form

of what estimate

this Husman.ompletely permeated by

Valst Internal informer army is really like

systems.

Curtam, any

an-i

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who are urined forres

LIFE IS HARD

cers ure

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Tak.

te plans By

Iwer

Spy-

A et

are

manu-

to 70 are armoured or motorised. Stermaous efforts are now being

developed

MOST UNLIKELY

A

all

k

The outstanding asset sessed by the countries behin! the Iron Curtain is the colossal of their military forces.

when everything goes according if operations were The Soviet army alone has

VENERALLY speaking, the off- to the book, but it does mean against the West. strength now of from two and

U

commanders professional that Russian half to three million men, and

mcreased soldiers, while the other ranks not good at dealing with those This figure could be

are conscripts, and although the unforeseen situations which ar by calling Chormous/Y

and penod of national service is off- always cropping up in war. traine

partially

trainedly two years, the men usually

The 11

Russian army, then, is mobilisation. reserves

immense by large serve for anything up to four or still rather like be backed will also

steum-roller, not capable of any forces provided by the satellite five years and the NCOs, for a

year longer will

Most of the men intricate manoeuvres, but roll- States. Though these troops

inexorably on with its not have anything like the fight come from the country distriels, ing

where life is hard and the millions of brave, tough, ing value of the Russians them. When

Con- ignorant soldiers. selves, and may well be employ standard of living is low.

instance on the sequently the private soldier is

extremely

tough. and been trained or food for Inng periods. This en.. ables the Russians to cut down their administrative tail, and to

ed the first

able

UT

lines of communication. they to exist on the minimum of USE OF GROUND

will all have

the Russian model.

NO PROBLEMS

HE Russian infantry division Russian

notion of what

like.

It

too cleanly served: a father who drank and a mother who did not

Most of the old-time bogies of really care.

taking a foster-child have to- Brian left his plate half filled day been banished. The over- when quite a baby. Father de- riding fear that having declared termined to stop such behaviour

his only

remedy

the was strap. The institution to which Brian was taken is now trying habit of to break him of the

not

time

bard

came

wlingness to accept a foster- child the new parents will have to take just any one of the queue is ruled out.

The One Snag

TODAY

hlding any food he does Russian feature manoeuvres and military d want under pillows and books. plays is a much photographed Loving care with a small family would soon return him to nur- and publicized parachute-drop

would-be parents by airborne troops, and

many mulity.

Helen

different simply take a child out to people believe

presents that another

ten. If they do not get on to- Mother specialised in world

with pleture. war would start

-lifting:

are at liberty to stole gether they father also mass airborne assaults on the and her brother, too, was given

take out another, and to re- United Kingdom. This is what

The to thieving.

peat the experiment until they we are meant to believe, but is most unlikely to happen. The and Helen was "in need of care

when all three were in prison are satisfled that the child will

it into their Feneral

home staff knows and attention" The home she

she Very few foster-parents quib- well do without the masses of trans- Tis approximately half the size fully

that airborne

ble about the payment rates made is trying very port, and the welfare and medi- of the British formation, and is troops cannal operate on their is in

break her of the habit of going for the child. The Home Office cat services, of the more highly still on a horse basis. The in- own for long without

support to bed with her shoes on, ac- rev od troops,

revised 1950 fees allow local ground

to 40%. In the Kremlin civilised Western armies.

funtry are usually employed to THE rulers

hold

won positions

by the found to our cost at Arnhem. Companied by all her little be- authorities to spend up have therefore no manpower

longings.

But, you see, Helen per child per week. The average With the lessons of the last armoured and motorised armies. To use them in any other wa

WEV problemt, and uny offensive

soldiers, is to sacrifice highly specialised has lost things before now she payment made to foster-parents,

is including clothing,

26s. The Russian infantry which they decided to launch in

week. being mainly countrymen, have troops, whose training takes a has lost her parents too.

jong natural instinct for the Ter

airborne time. Russian troops are therefore likely to and of ground, and they are parti- by mere weight of numbers. It farther to the east. So in the

opera- be used only reasonably would be wrong.

night however, to

event of war in the west the dis good at

close

with their co-operation control is main- assume that such un operation tances from factory to front tained by a system of whistles. ground forces. could be started without any line soldier would be enormous,

10 they are committed tomorrow, warning

for in- In any other country this would the mass attacks which I have that the

be a source of great weakness, ready stance; and

mentioned. they arc countries would wake

up one but, owing to lack of mechanisa- day

war fresh in their minds, the rulers in the Kremlin have

the West would be made in been building up their main in- strength, designed to overwhen dustrial

Western

areas farther

When

when

find hostile columns tio and also the fact that her always given excellent air and heading for the Channel ports. soldiers live largely off the artillery support.

from

כון

ns we

RUSSIAN PLAN

Pathetic Figure

a

The one snag which foster- parents must face is that after EN-YEAR-OLD Michael was having made a child one of the a bit of a puzzle at first. family, it can be reclaimed at The matron of the institution any time by the natural parent. where he lives allows him to That is malterable.

lawn- cut the grass with B

snag must Against that one mower, but could not under- be set the hours of joy the child stand why he'd drive delibe can give to the new parents and plon would THE Russian

rately over the girls', dolls and the certain knowledge that for obviously be to try to toys, She's found her answer, at least one little boy or girl the In fact during 'he last war

Russians

produced achieve surprise by launching Michael was ignored and actu- word Home will mean something a soulless Govern- heavier concentrations of artil- armoured attacks, probably at ally deserted after the birth of more than

full moon, at a step-brother. He just had no ment institution, lery and mortar fire than was night under a

several

different points along possible In

other army. any

our front. If

these any of GREAT WEAKNESS They have the highest regard for

their guiners,

and I believe were successful further mobile that this is the only

army in

through the gap. In order to chaos deep behind the attack takes pren

The Russians could not possibly country, the requirements of her

ان

this armies are reduced to

mum, and consist mainly ammunition and petrol.

mini-

of the

the

divisions would be poured

were un-

launch an offensive

without reinfor magnitude their troops in Eastern by many additional divisions the mainly of

Srmoured motorised variety. Such large movement of troops could hardly

Several escape notice. months' warning of any Impend- T is surprising how little space the world in which the artillery

on the railways is required plan for an hose of the actual front. If, however, these initial ing attack is therefore probable.

ccdence over to transport these two "com- I talked

German9 to many

moble operations attacking troops modities, because they are never infantry and armoured

Le, of

then a long who served for long periods on

forme- succesetul, required together in large quan- the Eastern front, and they all titles. If operations are fuld, on

tions. the infantry

attack would elope while the hor old the same

armoured drawn divisions were brought story. The little ammunition will be

then the CX- succeeds,

forward, and a set-piece attack Russians always selected the

divisions are w pended; as soon is the front

and the

was staged to blast a hole gop to W most unexpected place for their stabilises, the demands for am pushed

which the mobile main thrust,

probably

ably against a munition increase, but reduced exploit success. Again, owing through flank which was protected

divisions could be passed. All by a

to lock 10

wireless control and of minefeld, and therefore The Russlan lines of cod the low mental standard of the these

aquantities of petrol are

operations deep

would, of regarded as reasonably safe by cation are based more on rail men, the tanks are used in mass course, receive massive support the German defenders. They then on road transport, and formation. During the last war from the Russian air forces and

war rilllery... simply marched their infantry in the bold at making permanent praached the standard of sich

their

Even crews never

Though the Soviet army is mass through the minefields and quick both accepted crippling casualties to way for new lines and at condemns always reckoned that, invincible, particularly the leading tropa battalions:

the Panzer divisions, and the formidable, it is by no means which usually structing bridges.

German consisted of

outside Russia, they were not outnumbered offensive war then wave after wave of men The Russian army is certainly by more than six tanks to one, provided it is opposed by well- which would be thrown in to the at- a formidable fighting machine, they stood a very good chance trained allied armles tack until the German position but it has one great weakness of success.

could make up for their feriority dr numbers., by $ comunities which has a profound influence overrun the

The situation today us re-higher intelligence and suffered by the Russlang in or its laotjes," This is the low those mage. alibaka were quite sinndard of education and in- gardis tank design is interesting superior skil in mobile opera-

telligaries of all ranks. The ma- The heavy cruiser-tanks of the Lions.

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staggering.

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