The Grey River Argus WEDNESDAY, August 16, 1944. THE LAST PHASE IN EUROPE.

Grey River Argus, 16 August 1944, Page 4

The Grey River Argus WEDNESDAY, August 16, 1944. THE LAST PHASE IN EUROPE.

Informed opinion in Berlin is said to be that two months will see the Wehrmacht done for, excepting Nazi guerrillas whom refusal to surrender will be preferable to the fate they fear otherwise. The Allies are obviously acting on this assumption. Their new landing near Toulon on Tuesday morning points to the expectation of France being- cleared quickly of resistance, except in the north., where the Germans are fighting now a desperate defensive battle in. their best style. Earlier expectations of trapping the whole enemy Seventh Army are not given up, but earlier press stories of a debacle have been exploded. Obviously there is already a great Allied victory,, and the only question is whether it 'will mean much more territory plus a great many more German prisoners and losses, or a withdrawal against heavy odds in the style for which the Germans have deservedly gained in many past campaigns a high reputation. It must be recognised that the Allied success in Normandy and Brittany, with their early prospect of approaching Paris, has been achieved against the best generalship and forces that the enemy has at his disposal. The Germans are thus done for. They have shot their bolt, and the best they can do is no longer good enough for them to maintain their lines anywhere. This third, or fourth, front in the South of France, which is part of the campaign of Italy, denotes what the Allied leaders think of the overall situation. General Eisenhower on Monday called for the grasping of a great opportunity in it he north of France, but he then knew it was the eve of a new opportunity in the South of France. East Prussia is increasingly menaced, and in spite of the unfortunate fate of the Poles in Warsaw, the. enemy is, no longer able anywhere to maintain his dwindling strength. This is the climax of the European War. It has entered the final phase, and the end cannot be far away. The return of the French Army to its own soil as a great fighting force is the symbol of early victory-