WINTER ASSAULT

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 47, 24 February 1945, Page 8

WINTER ASSAULT

HELP TO ALLIES IN WEST

LONDON, February 23. Marsbal Stalin's Order of the Day about the work of the Red Army, claims that the first consequences of the successes of the Russian winter offensive was that the Germans' winter attempt to seize Belgium and Alsace was thwarted, thus enabling the Allies in the west to link up their offensive operations with those of the Red Army.

"Hitler's party boasted that not a single enemy soldier for a century had set a foot within Germany and that the German army would fight only on foreign soil," Stalin's Order said. "Now an end has been put to this bragging. "The Red Army finds more and more strength for the solution of even more complex and difficult problems. Its glorious soldiers have learned to batter and annihilate the enemy in accordance with all the rules of modern military science. They are displaying miraculous heroism and selflessness and ably combining gallantry and audacity in battle, with full utilisation of the power and might of their weapons. "The Red Army's generals and officers masterfully combine mass blows by powerful equipment with skilful, swift manoeuvre. "Comrades of the Red Army, men of the Red Navy, men, sergeants, officers, and generals, complete victory over the Germans is now near, but the doomed enemy persists desperately in order to escape stern retribution. Therefore it should be borne in mind that the nearer our victory the higher must be our vigilance and the heavier must be our blows against the enemy." v The Order concludes with greetings and congratulations and an order that salutes be. fired in 14 cities, including Tallinn, Riga, Vilna, and Lwow.