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Tactical Blunders . . . Strasser and a Soviet Second By DR. OTTO STRASSER.
Front Against Japan The following article. written by Dr. Otto Strasser, appeared in the -Catholic
Hitler can only win if he dictates peace in London or Washington . . .
A most competent Herald" of May. observer with an intimate knowledge of the German psychology and of European politics as a whole, Dr. Strasser illuminates the confused and confusing controversy over the "Second Front":
* During the German spring season, the most disturbing feature of the world situation lies in the fact that the Allied nations have not been able to achieve a united war whereas the Axis Powers have. It will be recalled that, timed almost to a day, the Japanese struck last December as the German drive went into reverse before the Russian counteroffensive. Now, five months after the expansion of the war to the Pacific, the situation remains: the Axis Powers drives have one war whose major threaten to merge in the sub-continent of India; enhancing their possibilities of success is a paralysing political crisis which holds India in its grip even while the Japanese pound at its eastern gateway, and its western approaches are threatened by the impending Nazi offensive. Meanwhile the Allies are fighting two wars: the one against Hitler, in which they are united: the other against Japan, in which they are not united. In my opinion this unfortunate situation can be traced directly to eventsthe narrow or lack of events-in waters of the Far East which separate the Japanese homeland from Siberia. How Different it Might Have Been One has only to reflect for a moment to realise how different would have been the course of events if Japan had been forced to use a percentage of her troops along the Siberian -Manchukuo Or, more important still, if border. her vulnerable harbours and industrial centres had been bombed and her long sea communications harassed. It is common knowledge, for example, that the Soviet submarine fleet in Siberian harbours is one of the largest ,and quite possibly one of the most
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A glance at the map of the Russian front to -day reveals that ninetenths of Soviet territory overrun by the Nazis is still in Hitler's control, while the line of key-points, stretching from the north to the south-Schluesselburg, Staraya Russa, Rzhev, Vyazma, Orel, Kursk, Karhkov and Taganrog, not to mention Smolensk, Kiev and Odessa-are still in German hands. The past four months have netted the Russians a tactical success while revealing a strategical failure. Moreover, the results of Russia's mistaken strategy in non co-operating with the other Allied nations against Japan do not end there, for meanwhile, given a free hand, the Japanese have driven southward for successes for nut of proportion to their real
He can only win if he conquers the British Isles or cuts the life -line across the Atlantic, effective, in the world. If we consider the resifts of Nazi U -blot warfare along the American coast during the past few months, we can well imagine what a toll of Japan's 2-000 merchant ships would now be resting on the bottom. Further, the lack of co-operation in Pacific warfare has hampered the effectiveness of the Chinese Army which can best work in a giant pincer movement, with Chiang Kai-shek's forces driving' eastward, then northward, from their battered capital of Chungking, while the Russian forces attacked in the north.
The Russian Case, Naturally, the Russians have had plausible arguments for not opening ap another front in the Far East, and during the winter months, those inclined to disagree could do little more than wait for events to substantiate their disagreement.
Chiang Kai-shek, the southern jaw of a giant pincer. The central theme of Moscow' argument was that all Red forces must be concentrated in the winter -offensive which would deal a decisive blow to Hitler; after his defeat, it would be a comparatively easy matter to finish off the Japs. Dangerous as such arguments for an isolated victory always are in a common war, their validity rests solely on results already ap-
strength. . (If recent reports that Japan is massing troops for a Siberian drive are accurate, they are but further support for this reasoning. For how much more easily, and more effectively, could Russia have coped with the Bar Eastern situation if she had acted when the British were still in Hong Kong, the Americans in control of the Philippines, and all the East Indies" resources intact!)
Hitler's iOnly Chance of Victory. But in considering the possibilities of Nazi success, again we must not lose sight of one fact, above all others: Hitler can win this war only if he conquers the British Isles or cuts the life -line across the Atlantic. All other victories, important as they may he, cannot be decisive. Events continue to strengthen what has long been my conviction, that the (Continued on Page 12,)
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