STRATEGIC GAINS
IMPORTANCE SEEN
RUGBY, January 1
The Russian capture of the Kirishi junction, west of the river Volkhov, on the Leningrad-Novgorod railway, is regarded by military circles in London as of considerable importance. First, it cuts off supplies by rail to German troops on the Leningrad front. Secondly, it shows that the Russians have crossed the Volkhov and are now astride the main road from Novgorod to the Leningrad front.
Comment is also given on the Crimean situation, where the Russian capture of Kerch arid Theodosia illustrates the untruthfulness of the habitual German statements that their retirements are according to plan. The withdrawal in the eastern Crimea can by no stretch of the imagination be described as a planned "line-shorten-ing" operation. The fact that no marked natural obstacles exist along the northern shores of the Crimea means that the Russian westward: drive in any force may place the Germans in front of Sebastopol in a precarious position. There is, however, no evidence that the Russian landings have yet affected the situation in this way. —8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 2, 3 January 1942, Page 7
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177STRATEGIC GAINS Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 2, 3 January 1942, Page 7
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