CUTTING THE LINES
DIVIDE AND CONQUER IS GLOBAL WAR TECHNIQUE
BUT BOTH SIDES CAN PLAY THE BLOCKADE GAME
^yHEN caught in the middle in wfcr>
time it is a matter of opinion
whether you are surrounded or whether
you have divided your enemies.
The Axis countries are caught in the
middle of this war, just as they were in
the last.
Their view of the matter is that they
have divided their enemies and forced
them to use roundabout lines of com
munication. Ever since the war began
they have been busy cutting and slashing
at those lines, forcing the Allies to make
ever longer and more difficult journeys
to keep in touch with one another.
England's "lifeline" to the Far East
through the Mediterranean was an early
casualty.
The Allied viewpoint is of course that
the Axis is surrounded. The Allies' chief
interest in life is to keep the Axis sur
rounded effectively.
And meantime the dwellers of occu
pied Europe have turned the tables on
the Ar'-, with varying results. Striking
from within, they, too, slashed at com
munication lines, trying to spread de
moralization. The Axis, slashing out at a
ring of foes, found foes within their lines
slashing at them.
GERMAN gallow-building has not
cowed Polish guerrillas who are
assaulting Nazi troops. Poland has
100 underground newspapers.
. GERMANY:
AS GERMAN people were warned
of consequences of defeat, Berlin's
Bishop delivered critical sermon.
Moscow reports saboteurs inside
Germany derailed two trains.
ITALY:
WORLD’S BIGGEST fifth column
reported working in Italy. Plane
output in Turin widely sabotaged,
widespread purge of Fascist offi
cials reported.
JUNIOR PARTNERS:
RUMANIA and Hungary are hav
ing private feud over Transylvania.
Bulgaria is staging mass arrests of
pro-Russians. Finnish people re
ported fired of the war.
MASTERS of industrial saboaage,
the Czechs are credited with cut
ting Czech munitions production
35%. Troop trains hava been sent
crashing into each other. Czechs
assassinated Reinhard Heydrich,
No. 2 Gestapcman.
WITH A COLD FURY Norwegians ;
are opposing Nazification. Clergy
men, teachers, lawyers went on
strike against puppet Quisling’s
measures. Many German officers I
murdered. Guerrillas operate. j
BELGIUM'S King Leopold and
Dutch leaders reportedly have
spurned German overtures for
helping form stable governments.
Danes blamed for factory explo
sions.
Greece; Albania.
GUERRILLAS reportedly have
forced Axis to immobilize 18 divi
sions in Greece, six in Albania; and
Creeks are sabotaging Nazis by
chopping down forests.
WHEN COMMANDOS landed at
St. Nazaire Frenchmen dug up
weapons, joined the assault. Guer
rillas reportedly hand - grenaded
Nazi column in Normandy recent
ly, derailed a train near Le Havre.
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