TURNING POINT
SEEN BY CHINESE PRESS IN CHANGSHA VICTORY. DRIVE INTO THAILAND URGED. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.5 a.m.) CHUNGKING, January 7. The Chinese Press has described the Changsha victory as the Allies’ turning point from the defensive to the offensive in the Far East and urged the Chinese forces to strike into Thailand and Indo-China, to divert the Japanese from Malaya. Remnants of the Japanese army of 100,000 men are reported to be fleeing northward after their stunning defeat at Changsha. The Japanese are reported to have suffered 7,000 additional casualties while breaking through the Chinese forces blocking their line of retreat.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 January 1942, Page 3
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