WAR STRATEGY
Si r —The commentator from London reported to-day that there are more than 155,000 Canadians in Britain. These troops are immobilised, while our forces are retreating in Burma because of a lack of men and equipment. The holding of these centres of oil and rubber is as important as the holding of England—the loss of which would not mean the end of the war by anv means. Those large armies could be used at vital points, for, in the words of one of Germany’s greatest strategists, Schleiffler, “In order to win, we must try to be the stronger at the point of encounter. We can expect to achieve this, however, only if we determine the position, not if we await, drawn up in passive formation, what the enemy has decided about us. . , . Without risks, it will hardly be possible to beat a stronger foe." The same broadcast said: “There is no lack of offensive spirit in the British Army.” It is time we used some of it, for the war, for us, has been a series of disastrous retreats —owing, it seems, to lack of initiative and chary strategy. Yours, etc., pYRRUS April 27, 1942.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23625, 30 April 1942, Page 3
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