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...campaign of World War II has yielded substantial tactical returns-at a cost far lower to the attacker than to the defender.* And the campaign of 1944, to date, outshines its predecessors. It is a campaign each of whose parts has been a successful subcampaign, fitting into a bigger pattern...
...motif of that pattern was on the point of being repeated again last week, the same motif repeated often before. It is a simple motif: strike a staggering blow, exploit it while the German army reels; then, as the enemy begins to recover, repeat the same thing at another point...
...Damndest Ever. There was no orthodox pattern to the campaign through Provence and Languedoc, passing the Massif Central, toward the southern Vosges...
...rush priorities for steel, Swirbul said: "I've got steel." And he had it, from Manhattan's razed Second Avenue elevated railway. But Grumman was still crowded for space. Wildcat and Avenger production was moved into General Motors' Eastern air craft division at Linden, N.J. The pattern which, in effect, made Grumman main purveyor to the Navy had been set. Now all the fighters and torpedo planes on most Navy carriers are Grumman-designed planes. This, more than words, shows what the Navy thinks of Grumman...
...pattern of the U.S. diplomatic invasion of Europe was becoming clear. Mr. Murphy, apparently, will move along with the generals, heading east toward Berlin. (Thus far, he is the likeliest U.S. diplomatic representative to Occupied Germany.) As the various countries are liberated, the State Department will rush in diplomatic reserves to deal with the new governments. Last week the State Department was getting ready to fill the vacancy in Paris...