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...reached such a peak that the Berlin radio said: "The invasion air force is now actually in the fight." Berlin claimed that Allied prisoners, who had parachuted from crippled planes, included highly trained invasion airmen never sent on routine attacks until the week before...
...Japanese rush into Manipur, India's easternmost state, had apparently reached its peak, was receding before British attack. In North Burma General Joseph W. Stilwell's columns pushed slowly along the Ledo Road toward China. Airborne British and Indian Raiders, recently reinforced, roamed through the Japanese rear, slashing and wrecking...
...present situation, speedy Allied invasion may be welcome for a very practical reason : inflicting a disastrous defeat on such an invasion force is the sole remaining chance for Germany to avoid losing the war. If the Allies attacked prematurely, at a time when Nazi defensive strength was at its peak, that chance would be so much the brighter. To war-weary German civilians, invasion must also bulk large as the one development likely to bring a quick decision, win or lose...
Looking Forward. The fighting, at least at Cassino, has now reached a stalemate comparable to that on the Western Front in World War I. Last week Allied troops advanced a mile to take Mt. Marrone, a dominating peak-but at a point far in the hills, some 15 miles northeast of Cassino, where the prospects of an effective drive appeared small...
...wrecks the plot. Becoming suspicious of Yuranosuke's wily pretense of inactivity, she decides to avenge her hus band herself; but her two attempts to kill Moronao fail. According to the Muenchner Neueste Nachrichten, the knowledge that, had she succeeded, 47 lives would have been saved, represents "a peak of tragic irony." The same newspaper found much else to praise. Especially fetching was Playwright Langenbeck's introduction of "humorous contrast" into his tragic scenes. For example: in the scene where Yuranosuke outlines the plan of vengeance to the Ronin, this produced a "great dramatic effect." Better yet, said...