HUNGARY’S TURN NOW

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 29 September 1944, Page 4

HUNGARY’S TURN NOW

FRESH Allied spearheads are being driven into the Balkans. What the significance of the landings along the eastern seaboard of the Adriatic may be is not yet clear, but the Russian offensive against Hungary leaves little doubt that the turn of Germany’s last remaining satellite has come. Approaching from Rumania, the Red Army has in front of it some of the most open manoeuvring country in the world. The only natural obstacle in front of Budapest, less than 200 miles distant, is the River Tiza, which meanders across the Hungarian plain from north to south on its way to the Danube. Another important phase of the operations is the move to outflank the Iron Gate, a gorge made famous in military history as holding the key to the passage of the Danube. These fresh developments on the southern front, combined with the steady progress in Italy, lend colour to the impression that Allied strategy is so co-ordinated as to provide for a link-up of the fronts in the south. The road to Berlin from there is one of the most direct.