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CHAPTER 17 OF "TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY”

GERMAN OFFENSIVE

THE

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In a letter to Field-Marshal. At its northern tank the Sixth Smuts dated Dec. 3, 1944, Panzer Army run into the right the Prime Minister ex of th: First U.5, Army in the pressed the opinion that Roer dams. After

edvancing towards the

wwaying borne the Allies had sustained a battle the strategic reverse as a

to

Ho

act of

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By Sir Winston Churchill

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Gen. Eisenhower, because it give him the assurance that The German reinforcements will have to be split between hath our flaming fronts. The -batile in the West will be cominuous, according to the generals responsible for fight- Ing it.

I'

any

however,

thres

that

quote this interchanze as a good example of the speed at Division

He #cure the

and Montgomery

which business could be done at are most effective manner: Elsen- road Junctions at very closely knit, and Birnhower had sent his Deputy, Air the summit of the Alliance, and Farther south the Germans broke

Bastogne. The German armour Bradley and Patton, and it Marsha Tedder, with a special also because it was a fine deod through on a narrow front, but result of attacking along the determined defonce of St swung north of Bas.ogne and

would be disaster which

mission. They were consider of the Russians and their chief the whole front, contrary vita,

wight

to break their

to hasten their vast offensive, no brake why the

this combination, ably delayed by the weather, doubt at a heavy cost in ito. where British

7th US northwestwards, leaving

thele representa- Armoured Division

which has in 1944 yiolded us As soon as I heard of this I specially de tions.

lown. tinguished solf, hindered the The 101st, with some armoured

infantry to capture the

Eisenhower was very pleated results beyond the dreams of said to Eltenhower: "You may milltary avarice. Montgomery find many delays on the staff indeed at the news I was able to thought that readjust. for several critical days,

The could

Panzer ments

Sixth

Army units, were isolated, and for said to me today that the level, but I expect Stain would send him. He asked, be made

break-through

reinforcementa inched

have tell me if I asked him. Shall I for would ů

spearhead to week beat off all attacks. now "giving back to Mont-strike west and then northwards

Bron 10:251 most serious to the try?" He asiced me to do. so, could be sent. Nearly gomery some of the scope at the Meuse above Logi. The

whole front but for the and I

therefore sent the follow weeks beforehand the country

bad

that another solidarity of Tth and

been told the taken from him after the Fifth Panzer Army meanwhile THE wheel of the

Anglo- ing mestage:

Frime Minister American Army.

would be found to

·Sixth Panzer Armplis produced

Marshat 50,000 victory he had gained in drove through the centre of the

VIIIth U.S. Corps, bypassed St bitter fighting around Marche,

Stalin

6 Jan. 45 nourish and sustain troops in Normandy."

tho Vith and Bastognt, and pene- which lasted till Dec, 20. By

The battle in the West is contact with

enemy, andy that for the first time in our President Roosevelt, to trated deeply to

to Marche and to- then the Germans

very heavy and at any ilme whom he had likewise in wards the Must at Dit weight they were only four miles fren

Gov Dinant

hausted. although at one time

long struggle the British large decisions may be called long

USO its dicated his anxieties, Although the lime

for from the Supreme Com- emment proposed to of the attack surprized the Allied the Meuse and had penetrated

mani. You know yourself powers to compel the women of maintained that "soon a

10 High Command, is importance over 80 miles. Bad weather

from your

own experience our fighting services decisive break in our

re- and low ground fogs had kept

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abroad. Not much compulsion anxious the very

position favour is bound to come." pore wire quickly

They cognised.

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air forces out of the

Is when a very our

broad front was needed. "shouders"

week of the battle; but on Dec.

has to be defended after HEAVY blow now tinythru the

break-through, hold

A

from

were ex-

Although regret our divisions only amount to 17-2/3, all units are absolutely up to strength, and we have 7.000 or 8,000 reinforcements all ready in addition in France 40 their awaiting transfer units. The measures we have taken to bring another 250,000 into or nearer

rer the front iine enable me to say with con- fidence that o with

least cur present strength will be main- fained throu

the impend- ing severe

the 23 flying conditions got better nad and

intervened

TBS9 the

IC-

they

tremendous effect,

Baulked of their

foremost

Pan- Bas-

impended. Within six Meuso

both east crossings

and days a crisis burst south of Namur,

mobile

crush troops to The Allied upon us. decision to strike hard from rallent from north and south. Aachen in the north as well shower neted speedily. He objective, the Meuse, the all Allied attacks i pro- ers turned savagely on

The American 10ist togne. and as through Alsace in the gress

brought up four Division had been reinforced on American divisions centro south had left our very weak. In the Ardennes V, and six more from the Dec, 20 by part of the 4h U.S. south. Two airborne divisions, Armoured Division, and though the vastly outnumbered held naingle corps the cf them the sector

02 British,

lown grimly for another week. VIIIth American, of four came from England.

Before the end of December the divisions, held a front of 75

Command Cerman High

Just have realised, however unwill- JORTH of the salient the ingly, that the battle was

Britis' XXXth Corps, of for Pavion's counter-offen

divisions. which ham from Arlon, which started on come out of the line Dec. 22, was steadily if slowly

-river

Roer, wae progressing By remarkable test the concentrated between. Liege and choked enemy gathered about 70 divi Louvain behind

the American Houffalize.

miles. The risk was fore-

seen

and deliberately pc- cepted, but the consequences

were grave, and might have four

Just

been graver.

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011

the

over

the snow-

countryside towards

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our

Iwo Panzer armies, the, Fifth and command from his headquarters their Anal massed attack of the

the

great places Montgomery in the tem

while

sions on their Western Front, of First and Ninth Armies. These The enemy made one last bid, which 15 were armoured. Many latter throw in all their reserves this time in the air. On Jan. 1

extend were under strength and needed to

13 defensive flank they made a violent low-level rest and re-equipment, but one westwards from Malmedy.

surprise attack

all formation, the Sixth Panzer By severing the front of Gen. forward airields. Our losses Anny, was known to be prong Bradley's 12th Army Group the were heavy, though promptly and in good fettle.

Germans had made impossible

replaced, but the Luftwaffe lost. Germans Tad indeed a for him 4.

effective exercise

more than they could afford in major plan, Rundstedt assembled

In Luxembourg over his two Sixth, and the Seventh Army, a armies north of the buige. Gen. War total of ten Panzer and 14 in Elenhower therefore very wisely * lin'ry divisions, This

Liso force, led by its armour.

vaporary ccmmand of all Aled Jan. 3 Montgomery intended to break through

our drops

launched his northern In the north, weak centre in the Ardents to Bradley retained the Third U.S. counter-offensive against Houf- the river Meuse, swing north. Army and was charged with falize to Join Paiton's attack and northwest, cut Allied

visited the holding

and counter-attacking from the south. I

tele- line in two, saze the port of the enemy from the south. front at this time,

and Antwerp, and sever the life-line Corresponding arrangements graphed to the President:

were made for the tactical air Prime Minister to President of our northern armies.

Roosevelt

B Jan. 45 forces.

TA

Field- telegram.

C.I.G.S. and I have · parted to from Marshal Smuts

the the last two days with Elsen- that Prime Minister shows

and hower and Montgomery, to Gen. he suggested this

they both feel the pattle very Eisenhower on Dec. 20, but

are confident of heavy, but found that the Supreme. foundander had issued

success. I hope you under-__

case stand such

that, in

any troubles should grise in the Press, his Majesty's Govern- ment have complete confidence in Gen. Eisenhower and foot -acutely any attocks made on

him.

THIS

THIS bold bid was planned by Hitler, who would brook no changes in it on the part of his doubling generals. In s pup- port-the-remnants-of-the-Ger- Air Force wore assembled

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for

a final effort, while part- troops, saboteurs, and agents a Allied uniforms were all given parts to play.

The attack began on Dec. 1d `under a heavy artillery barrage.

orders some hours earlier.]

reinforcing Three of our divirions Hned the Mcust Louth of Namur. Bradley con- centrated a corps at Arlon and rent the American 101st Air-

This Kesselring, What

A Nerve He Has Got!

Was

Britain.

By GROUP CAPTAIN HUCH DUNDAS

Battle of Britain pilot

I um deeply impressed with the need of sustaining the

Foot, who bear two-thirds of the losses but are very aften,

the last to receive reinforce ments,

More impo

Important even than the sending over of large new units is the keeping up of

of Infantry Brength

arefore preparing

engaged.

The divisions

We are

the

a number of infantry brigades, including several from Marines, of whom the Navy brigades has 80,000. These will liberate mobile divisions from quasi-static sec.ers, and at the rame time do the par- ilcular work which is needed in them.

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the temporary loss of the initiative. It is Eisenhower's

CITRUGGLING through snow- great desire and need to know storms, the two wings of in outline what you plan to the Allied attack slowly drew do, as this obviously affects

all

they

Houffalizo on

mot

at

his and our major deci- closer, until sions.

Our envoy, Air Chief Mar- Germans were forced steadily and harassed con- shal Tedder, was last night castwards reported weather-bound in tinually from the air, until by Cairo,

His journey has been the end of the month they were

back

behind their frontier, with much delayed through no Du

for their fault of yours. In case he has nothing to show not reached you yet, I shall upreme effort except ruinous be grateful if you can tell me lostes of material and casualties

amounting to 120,000 men. whether we can count on

One awkward situation during major Russian offensive ont the Vistula front, else the battle must be recorded, It did not where during January, with although hoppily

issue.

In order to any other points you may care affect the

release divisions from the Third o mention.

Army, Eisenhower had ordered I shall not pass this most Devers's Sixth Army Group to anyone Lake over part of necessary, a of Patton's front,

เ

secret information to

OF

except Field-Marshal Brooke and authorised, and Gen. Elsenhower, and only withdrawal from the Rhine to under the conditions of tho

matter as urgent.

congratulate

the Vosges, This meant leaving extraordinary

utmost secrecy. I regard the Strasbourg open to the enemy. gallantry which your troouR

There was understandable have shown in all this battle,

consternation in French political particularly at Bastogne and

and

What circles, military two other places which Mont-

Vengeance would fall upon the gomery mentioned to me on his own'front:

JHEN

considers how citizens of Strasbourg who had W

rallied so passionately. to their As I tee there have been

serious was the. decision deliverers: I chanced to be at criticisms in the Americas asked for and how many people

Elzenhower's headquarters at St papers

our troops having were involved, it is remarkable of been kept out of the battle, that the answer should have he and Bedell Smith

Germalts at this juncture, and listened take this occasion assure been sent me the very next you that they stand absolutely Marshal Stalin to Prime Minis attentively to my appeat. ready at all times to ober Gen. Eisenhower's commands, 3 believe that the dispositions

Eye which and Field-Marshal

he Montgomery under him have made are entirely in accord- ance with siriet military re- quirements, both as regards the employment of troops in counterattack and

lateral movementi,-having-rơ-- gard to criss-cross communi- callons,

their

I have not found a trace of discord at the British and American headquarters; but, Mr Proddent, there is this brute fact: we need more fighting troops to make things move. I havo feeling this is a time for an intense new Impulse, both of friendship and exer- tion, to be drawn from our bosoms and to the last scrap of our resources, Do hesitate to tell me of anything you think we can do.

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ter

The enemy did indeed_spring 7 Jun. 45 We are preparing an into action on the Army Group's offensive, but the weather is front, especially in the Coimar

but- were pocke

repulsed. at

unfavourable. Eisenhower present

cancelled his Nevertheless, taking

the into structions, and

milltary account the position of our

might haya necessity Allies on the Western Front.

Do

which

Gaulle

in-

arose.

G.H.Q. of the Supreme Com- made the evacuation of Stras- mand has decided to accelerate bourg Imperative never his

expressed the completion of our pre- paration, and, regardless of gratitude. the weather, commence large-scale offensive tions against the Germans

along

to

Opera-

HIS was the enemy's final the wholo Central offersive of the war. At the Front not later than The Ume It caused, us no little second half of January. You anxiety. Our own advance had may rest assured that wo to be postponed, but we benefited shall do everything possible

in the end. The Germans could to in the not replace their losses, and our glorious forces of our Allies. subsequent baitles on the Rhino,

render assistance to тение

over

Prim Minister to Marshal though severe, were undoubted-

Stalin

9 Jan. 45 ly eased. The German High I am most grateful to you Command, and even Hitler, must for your thrilling message. I have been

disillusioned. Taken by surprise, have sent

to Gen.

Eisen- -Eisenhower for his eyes ont. hower and his commanders

Moy all good fortung

ung rest acted swiftly, but they will upon your noble vertir

agree that the major credit lles The battle in the West goes elsewhere. In Montgomery's Battle of the there is a words: "The too badly. There is good chance of the Huns being. Ardennes was wen primarily by erushed out of their salient the staunch fighting qualities of with very heavy losses. It Is the American soldier."

T this time Eisenhower and Ahis staff

not were of course acutely anxious to know whether the Russians could do anything

FOR

OR thirteen years, it has page he says that Britain started that German fighting men are from their side to take off some been generally assumed off with 1,700 fighters, two pages in themselves invincible. They of the pressure against us in the that the Battle of Britain later the figure is 700. He is are never defeated through any West. All efforts through the

wrong both times.

fault of their own or because Halton officers in Moscow had A big victory for Air Marshal Sir Hugh of any superior quality in their falled to obtain any reply from

But always and their opposite numbers. Dowding, In fact, started with opponents.

In order to put the case to the Now we are told that this a tie over 600 fighters. No only because they are let down.

Of course it is understandable Soviet Chiefs of Staff in the wonder Kesselring avoids giving view is quite wrong. If any- thing it was a draw in Ger- exact statement of his own that Kesselring should be sour.

4,000 strength-about

commanded in the Battle Ho planes many's favour. The Luft- That would certainly have of Britain. Defeat.

From the end of 1941 to March waffe was doing very nicely, knocked down his sustained sur-

1045 he was C.-In-C. South. thank you, but the engage that the Luftwaffe was: Defeat-from Alamein to the

Alps,

If any R.A.F.

Here la mother tall story. In

numerically infertor

T

ment was broken off as a to the result of orders from Hitler's headquarters..

March 1945 he was

all the time, his troops

the early stages of the battle west. Annihilation,

Defeat for the Germans? What the Luftwaffe pilots were, ac were fighting us only the clean, a ridiculous Ideat

cording to Kesselring, baffled by brave, upright Germans can This new concept of the battle the refusal of the R.A.F. to give

fight. But for Hitler's refusal

Wrong twice

preponderantly an American (Continued Tomorrow).

battle, and their trooDS hav fought splendidly, with heavy Losses. We are both shoving everything in we can.

(World Copyright resorvad. Row The news you give me wil production, avan partially, in any

strictly be a great encouragement to hnguapė,

prohibited).

J. FRED MUGGS' BRITISH

WIFE WAS A SECRET

NEW YORK. NE of TV's darkest

Ofrican secrets is out

AMERICA COLUMN

from

NEWELL ROGERS

After

Africa, this snowy. week-end was rather a stock

Sandhucil. And at Annapolis, the U.S. Navy's Dartmouth, 39 out of 1,152 first-year classmen hayo-resigned.

Many reasons are given, but the principal one"; is that the armed forces have become such" a. poor career financially,AZER

Is propounded by Field-Marshal battle. Our fighters, he explains, to invade Malla, but for a Albert Kesselring, who directed had been ordered to keep out of shortage of supply ships, but the German assault. No doubt it the way of the German forma- for the weakness and, finally, will be accepted as historically tions. To avoid combat.

the desertion of Italy, but for J. Fred Muggs, the Well, unlike Kesselring, who Rommel's mistakes but for chimpanzee who correct by 100 percent of his

broke German readers.

was watching the battle from a all this, the German forces

Into the Coronation broad strong point Cap

03 "Gria Nez, I would have vanquished, Easily.

cast in America, has a waa watching it from the cockpit TUE Deld-marshal, bases his of a fighter aeroplane. And I enn Glorification | British wife, in

čase upon one assumption: promiss you, first hand, that no

for her. She donned some of TOWARD HUGHES, Alm and that the air attacks were launch one ever ordered me to avoid TESSELRING, the man, has The emigration of four Muggs's outgrown polo shirts, LA aircraft tycoon, has been ed for the purpose of winning combat. Perhaps I was just une my sympathy: He is old, month-old Mra Muggs from Beventeen-month-old) - Muggs, forced by the Government, to Bir supremacy and so making fuck. But in that case, every defeated. ile of a soldier he Blush West. Africa to Wyckoff, a big boy now fitt, in accept a fortune of $4,412,816, possible a German invasion of one I know in Fighter Command was respected by his opponents New Jerseyondcasting Company Wieso has 125 outatet paid to him by financier England. According to Kessel-

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