BROADCAST TO RED ARMY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 25 June 1943, Page 5

BROADCAST TO RED ARMY

DAY OF LIBERATION NOT FAR DISTANT London, June 24. Moscow radio in a special broadcast to the Red Army said the hour of decisive battle was approaching:. “You are no longer alone. By your side stand soldiers of our Allies. The day is not far distant when our liberated country will breathe freely again.” LULL ON ENTIRE FRONT For the first time since June, 1941, not a word of fresh news about the war on the Russian front was received in London to-day. There is still patrol activity on several sectors, but generally there is a complete lull along the entire front. EFFECT OF ALLIED BOMBING British and American attacks on western Germany had considerably assisted in imposing a stalemate on the German army on the Russian front. The Moscow correspondent of the “Daily Herald” says this impression is gathered from a conversation with Colonel Karoliev. Col. Karoliev said the bombing of industrial centres considerably affected Germany’s plane output, and also led to the withdrawal of many fighters for protection of factory areas. So many fighters had been removed for this purpose that it was doubtful whether the Luftwaffe now had sufficient thereof in Russia to cover a major offensive. TRANSFERRED TO WAR WORK Moscow radio stated that M. Chokhlov, chairman of the Council of the People’s Commissars, has been relieved of his post and transferred to war work. M. Potygin, vice-chairman, succeeds him. —P.A,