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General Eisenhower was obviously not settling down to winter battles of attrition, A staff officer in the British Second Army told correspondents that the Allied buildup was gaining strength every hour, soon there would be "a hell of a bang...
...used for the rebuilding of Nazi-devastated Europe. So far, only Russia has announced its intention to use German forced labor. Exclaimed excitable Will Lawther, Mineworkers' Federation president: "It is sheer humbug ... to hail the Red Army in one breath, but in the other to say 'to hell with you' when it comes to footing the bill...
...Haul. Hidden under the edge of a typhoon, the fleet bored in. Halsey sent only part of his forces on the deepest mission-to the Ryukyus, 270 miles south of Japan. Hellcats, Avengers and Hell-divers from Mitscher's carriers thundered across the islands in four heavy strikes-1,500 sorties...
Major General Robert Eliot ("Roy") Urquhart, 42-year-old, Scottish-born, red-bereted commander of the gallant British Red Devils, who fought through nine days of hell at Arnhem, was knighted as a Commander of the Bath...
Meanwhile, the German populace played dumb, made life hell for A.M.G. by ignoring its directives. While Japan held out in the east, German statesmen played one Ally against another, set up stooge "agencies" in Spain and Argentina. They even got permission to manufacture arms-ostensibly for Allied use against Japan, for which they were paid in gold from Fort Knox. Finally, they united under the führership of a shepherd named Friedolin, who lived simply in the mountains with two canaries and no plumbing and swore to lead his German flock to salvation through penance. U.S. and British citizens...