OUTLOOK FOR NAZIS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 November 1942, Page 4

OUTLOOK FOR NAZIS

4 AVENGERS CLOSING IN SIGNIFICANCE OF EVENTS IN AFRICA. EMPHASISED BY LONDON ' TIMES. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) RUGBY, November 9. The breathless rapidity with which the United Nations are exploiting the British victory at El Alamein has caused the utmost satisfaction. Analysing the new front “The Times” points out that the landings in Algeria and Morocco show how vast, were the issues that hung on the attack of the Eighth Army and how complete was the confidence reposed in it. It is obvious that the latest operation must have been planned far ahead, in expectation of just such a defeat as has been inflicted upon the Axis Powers in Egypt. It is the culmination. of a strategic process which, when its course has been completed, will embrace the whole continent of Africa. , , TT .„ “The Times” points out that Hitler, instead of using the winter for recuperation, may have to undergo renewed exertions to regroup his forces to face southward—as well as north and east. The avengers are closing in. DECISIVE INITIATIVE SEIZED BY THE ALLIES. ENEMY AT FULL STRETCH. (Received This Day, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, November 9. For the first time, in the mounting climax of the war, the United Nations have seized a decisive initiative, says the “Evening Standard” editorially. “The Allies, while the enemy is at full stretch on land and in the air, are feeling for weak spots, with a clearly-defin-ed double objective—to destroy the Axis in Africa'and to give second front help to Russia. Success will yield rich prizes to the Allied cause. America, a vital source for Allied supplies, will be screened against attack from the west. The steel net of seapower will be drawn tightly around the U-boats, now enjoying comparative immunity in the South Atlantic. The Allies will soon win complete and final freedom in the Mediterranean. The strategy of a second front looms in sight. No wonder Hitler tells his fellow Munichers that it is necessary to hold what they have.” The “Star” editorially says: “Hitler's speech, even to a stooge audience, must have conveyed the sense of Germany at bay. A shrill note of stark fright is creeping into his speeches. Great days lie ahead, though the end is not yet in sight. This is not the long-awaited second front, but none can say where it will lead. Whatever move Hitler makes the Allies are now powerful enough to meet him. After three years the wheel has turned full circle.”

The “Evening News,” in a leader, says: “The old chapter is ended and a new one begins. It is now we who are forcing the pace. Hitler, who hoped for a quiet winter, faces perils he never expected, and knows that from now on he must look to the safety of his gimcrack empire.”