. _.. W-N ~rv -mr,"VIL As, Ituss ans Deserve Greatest Credit for European Victory ! Reds Stiffer Greatest Grief, Heaviest Losses in Personnel, Russians Recognize Material Aid Provided by Americap Lend-Lease and AlliedBombing REDEPLOYMENT: Marshal Stresses Importane 01 Proper Attitude at Home By HENRY G. CASSIDY Former Chief of Associated Press Moscow Bureau The Russians can claim, with scant1 fear of contradication, that they did the most to win the war in Europe. Theirs have been the greatest glor- les--the Battle of Moscow, first ma- jor Allied defensive victory; the Bat- tle of Stalingrad, turning-point of the war, and all the series of offensive thrusts that carried them from the center of Russia to the heart of Ger- many. Theirs, too, has been the greatest grief-more than 600,00 square miles of home territory occupied by the Germans; cities like Leningrad, Khar- kov, and Sevastopol bombed, shelled and burned; principal industries evacuated and richest agricultural areas devastated. Suffered Heaviest Losses Theirs have been the heaviest los ses-by their own count, more than 5,000,000 men killed, captured or missing. By German count, more than 32,000,000 killed, wounded or captured; by outside estimate, more than 20,000,000 casualties, including civilians. Paradoxically, the war on their front, the largest land struggle in his- tory, was the least publicized. No for- eign correspondents were ever ac- credited to the Red Army. Soviel correspondents wrote voluminously, but little of their material was print- ed. The rest was put in archives for an eventual official Soviet history of the war. Only when that has been pub- lished will the full story, or at least a substantial part, of Russia's con- tribution to the war be known. Lend4easp Was Big Help Even during the war the Russians have recognized the material aid of American lend-lease, conspicuous particularly in providing the Red r e r e r t r 1 f WASHINGTON-(/P)- Army con- cern over the attitude of the soldierl and his home folks during the re- deployment of forces from Europe to the Pacific has been voiced by Gen- eral George C. Marshall. The chief of staff has said that the transfer of troops and equipment to the east will be one of the greatest problems in administration and sup- ply in history, although he is conti- dent that it will be carried out in a "thoroughly workmanlike manner" That phase of the job, he de- clared, is not worrying the Army but the human element is--now that V-E day is here, he said, this will be the general picture: Every soldier in Europe will have an "overwhelming urge" to get home to his wife, family or girl friend. The soldier who learns that he is eligible for demobilization, but finds there is no room on ships going home, may become intolerant "even to the smirching of a fine and sol- C dierly fighting record". Mail from home will be of no help because "pro- tests will be more articulate on this side of the Atlantic from the wives and the families and the sweet- hearts." The Army, Marshall said, will not be able to meet those "very hu- man desires" without the risk of higher casualties in the Orient and denying the fighters there the sup- port they must have. For these reasons, Marshall said, the attitude of the people at home will be of the "utmost importance" to the Army's morale and fighting efficiency. "They must be brought," he said emphatically, "to understand the ur- gent requirements of the situation. They must be persuaded to support us in a last great effort to hasten the end of this war .. . "Any delay, any loss of momentum in that campaign means the unne- cessary loss or mutilation of more young Americans." I RIG FACTOR IN VICTQRY - This picture shows a typical detachment of tank-borne troops of the Red Army, troops which proved their mettle in the Europ can war. The detachment shown is setting out on an operation somewhere on the Russo-German front of the time. :; I I,.. Yes, the Fight Has Been, Won in Europe! But now PEARL HARBOR Must Be Avenged! THE COUSINS SHOP 218 South State St. Army with more than half its trans- portation. They have acknowledged the useful effect of Allied strategic bombing in Western Europe, and reg- istered appreciation of the diversions of German forces from their front by the Allied campaign in Africa and the "second front" in Europe. Throughout, however, they have in- sisted that the "main burden" of the European war was on their shoulders, and who could deny it? Their share of tne war began on that apparently tranquil Sunday of June 22, 1941, when the Germans in- vaded Russia at dawn without dec- laration of war or denunciation of the 1939 non-aggression pact. The Russians eventually acknow- ledged that they were taken by 'sur- prise-not by the attack, but by its timing and overwhelming power. Three huge but clumsy Russian fronts, or army groups, the north- western under Marshal Voroshilov, the western under Marshal Timo- shenko and the southwestern under Marshal Budenny, were unable to contend immediately with the Ger- man striking power. By Autumn of 1941 the Germans had advanced to the gates of Lenin- grad in the north, the approaches to Moscow in the center and to the Don River in the south. Along that line the Red Army defenses stiffened. Moscow Saved A gigantic battle developed for Moscow, Gen. Gregory Zhukov, the man who was to become the out- standing Russian soldier of the war, took command. Two German gen- eral offensives surged close to the Soviet capital, reaching within 5 miles of the city in November. In December the Red Army finally halt- ed the enemy on the snow-blanketed battlefields and threw them back to; a winter line. Throughout the war the Russians willingly sacrificed cities for time. Odessa was the scene of the first great siege, holding out for 80 days; in the autumn of 1941, but pinningI down 18 enemy divisions.1 The next great .campaign began in June, 1942, when the Germans launched a general offensive from the Ukraine toward the Volga. They: reached that river in August and there, around Stalingrad, ,developed1 the decisive battle of the war. With their backs to the Volga, thec Russians succeeded first in checking the Germans and then, by a brilliant counter-offensive, in encircling and smashing the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. The battle ended Feb. 2, 1943, with the surrender of Field Mar- shal Von Paulus. From then on the Germans weret JOB HALF DONE: Churchill 4sks ritain Not TQ Celebrate Until Jap is Beaten to th--rcigo-afn-ndsl yugAercn. 04 ___________________'I BRISTOL, England --AP)-- Prime Minister Churchill called on Britons April 21 to restrain any celebration of a victory over Germany in favor of "a new leap forward" to bring the war against Japan "to a conclusion altogether free from any doubt." "We have the Japanese to finish," he said, "and we stand absolutely our great American ally paying off at the other end of the world debts as heavy as ever were iflicted on us." Speaking only a few days before the opening of the San Francisco never again able to mount a suc- cessful major offensive in the East. The Russians were able to take the initiative. They started in January, 1943, by breaking the siege of Lenin- grad, opening a corridor from that encircled second city of Russia to the east. Orel Bulge Drive Stopped Following the spring stalemate customary on the Eastern Front, the Germans lashed out from their "Orel- Bulge" towards the Russian-held Kursk salient in July, 1943. They were beaten back, and the Russians started their westward march. Orel, Kharkov, Smolensk and a mass of lesser cities fell to the Red Army in the summer of 1943. Re- lentlessly, the Russians drove for- ward that autumn and winter, en- tering pre-war Poland in January, 1944, and completely liberating Len- ingrad during the same month. Sevastopol was freed May 8, 1944, after a swift Red Army spring cam- paign in the Crimea. Finland Surrenders After another brief spring lull in the center of the front, the Russians sprang into action in June with a general offensive that carried them to the Vistula River and the gates of Warsaw. They were checked there in August but switched their drive into the Balkans, forcing Romania to sign an armistice Sept. 12, 1944. Bulgaria followed suit Oct. 28. Fin- land gave up that September 19. The greatest of all the Red Army offensives was launched Jan. 12, 1945, with a tremendous rush against the German lines in Poland. Warsaw was captured Jan. 17, and the Rus- sians smashed rapidly forward, iso- lating East Prussia'and piercing Ger- many proper. Russia's "hour of retribution" had come. t i World Security Conference; the Prime Minister affirmed that "a world security organization which we must build and shall build will be free and open to all the nations of the world," indicating the eventual inclusion of neutral and even enemy countries. He added, "They must live in peace and justice with one another and there must be always the necessary force to restrain aggres- sion.', Inside such an organization, "From which we hope will come a long and peaceful period, will be the open, avowed and inseparable friendship of the great English-speaking nations cf the world," he said. Standing in the great blitzed and fire-blackened hall of the University of Bristol, Churchill told his audi- ence, "We may pause for a moment. We may rejoice, but it may only be for the purpose of regathering strength. There may be dangers that people will feel, after this long struggle and this great and undisputed victory over a formidable opponent, that we can relax. I cannot give the word for that., We Rre Thankful, that Germany has been defeated and that many of our troops will be returning home. How- ever, we still have the Japs to fight and we mustn't let up for a moment until Tokyo is ours. SWIFT'S DRUG STORE 340 South State Street THE REXALL STORE ON CAMPUS J V-EDR IS HERE NOW LET'S FINISH THE JOB t b I1 I Al A -4 that, . - A I The American fighting forces as well as the home front have done a spec- tacular job in defeating the enemy in Europe. We all give thanks for this great step toward a final victory. However, we must realize that this is no cause to take a holiday while our men push forward toward Tokyo. Come on, Americans - Don't break Stay on the Job! THE WAR in one part of the world is finished. Hitler and his friends have gone down in a sea of infamy. The people of Europe are free again, ready to build up bigger and better nations. Our boys made this possible, BUT NOW they have another job waiting for them. The war lords of Japan are still on the loose. Their ruth- lessness and brutality must be stopped. We must continue working on the home front to furnish our soldiers and allies with the needed materials. We can't let down now. Keep working. i 4 A Now Let's Sink the Rising SunI 2 ON'T TAKE A HQLIDAY NOW, AMERICA! We've got the enemy on the run. The war is half over. Come on, let's finish the job. All the months of training, the foot-slogging under Texas suns are past. And the thousands of hours, shift upon shift, on the aircraft assembly lines, bright as day behind their blacked-out windows, the Bond Rallies, the thinning store shelves in the great cities, the sweating backs and aching muscles on the farm . . . all these have led to this moment. I the Victory rhythm. Let's finish the job . . /11 /"\-T T T '11-7 __ Don't break the Victory rhythm now, America! The Jap, like the Nazi, must be crushed. Come on America-the command is forward!