The Auckland Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, The Echo and The Sun TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1942. ON BEING STRONG EVERYWHERE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 200, 25 August 1942, Page 2

The Auckland Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, The Echo and The Sun TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1942. ON BEING STRONG EVERYWHERE

T , '" tens e interest and widespread satisfaction shown in the "comthat,He?h"PCrKtl 0 r" 31 Dieppe are in P art due the common realisation h ;; m r hinß forceful measures can help to relieve the overpowering KreaTh,tMp eßSU^h 0n RUSSia ' ThGrC thG SitUati ° n is dom ' na ted by tte great hatJes at the approaches to Stalingrad, the loss of which by the Russians would be a worse blow, probably, than any other they have all ihe Germ n grad "u CaSlly * U may not be taken at ai th« Germdns ma y be stopped before reaching the great Volga city to take u er fnrl to^f eCI **** before Moscow - But the y still have time available i. /T « * that have summoned all their v, tu rength foi the effort. In this situation, aggravated of course Sa ti:ZZ?,? r 7 n advances ,n the CMS "gion U ifnlZa that the longing for offensive action, large enough to cause a diversion r/i P nn rman st f rengt s from Russia - shou ' d grow more acute, and that the Dieppe operation should be regarded, probably too hastily, as the "dress rehearsal for such action in the West. Politically and psychologically lesTff ir ° nV "' bUt militar y considerations appear far less favourable. It is the leaders of the soldiers the sailors Iht and . the merchan t seamen—the men who would have to do wLhf mr^rTl/htk th ® pros « ,e « s have paramount it cLd alo do,ng° n so ° Penmg * " SeCo " d fr ° nt " ,he WeSt;

Sn ha ?S change are probably appreciation nf the reasons for this the Suez position while Rommpi'c ® rav ® danger which overhangs ably are gathering strength for annthnt emai . n undefeated and presumnew dangers implicit in the Cerman ari a " d anticipation of the be that one of the decisions ma r£ £ a^ vances in the Caucasus. It may and Russian action for the defence nf fh» S r£ W W3S l ° co-ordinate British to the south of it-a taskto whichthl ™J^ UCJ ? SU I the whole not be expected to give h°sattention C °H^fr l . , l"? h,ef in Egypt couid projects, involving greater British f u S may he ' all sucll involving shipping subtract from til l f f r J ro ™ home . ar > d therefore "second front in the West Th? n^i?« r « IBh . forces availab,e for a campaign in Russia is simnlv that ?t l 10 1?! cr f a^ ed h y the Germ?n to try to be strong everywhere—to ll P , i Allied High Command defence of Britain, to build up for nn lU ff tG f . orc< r s for the to supply General AlexanrW with If.** for ces for an offensive in Europe, Rommel, to guard against the possibihtvlha/'th" r- nd materials to defeat the Caucasus, and to co on ™riivin ß J, i w Germans will penetrate Can Britain, in 1942, even wUh the rnrroi 3 ■ a lO Murmansk route, attempt to satisfy so manv reouirpmemi I"g ■ American aid > safely the highest know answer but if ° nl * 'No" we must hope that the attemnt wmi v, military answer is Political Sr other tn J 1 !?. results of attempting; to be strong ev.ryw h ere^a« n S l „ d t e STL t ppy^^Si V^|? d