Don and Volga River War Tale From Russian Front
A narrative on the Don and Volga fronts describes Nazi pressure on Rostov and the Caucasus, with marshals and towns named. It notes shattered German river crossings, the strategic value of Rostov and oil fields, and the Volga as Russia’s lifeblood while Goebbels admits transport weaknesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Volga
Sea of Azov
Tsimlyanskaya
Stalingrad
United Press
Henry Shapiro
Marshal Timoshenko
Russia
Rostov
Sevastopol
Sevastopol Lvov
Poland
Kiev
Ukraine
Caucasus
Moscow
Mississippi
Old Man
Goebbels
Europe
Reich
Maikop
Grozny
Second front debate fills public square and cabinets
United and British leaders and public figures debate a western invasion as essential for victory. Allies weigh timing and supply needs for a force potentially of 500,000 to 1,000,000, with shipping bottlenecks and German forces in western Europe complicating action. The Caucasus oil question adds strategic urgency as Soviet needs center on mechanization and fuel from oil fields along the Volga and Don.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trafalgar Square
London
Madison Square Park
New York
Leslie Hore-Belisha
United Nations
Charlie Chaplin
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Russia
St. Louis
Star-Times
Ilya Ehrenburg
U. S
Europe
Plans for invasion of Europe through northern France
The piece surveys multiple invasion options for Britain and America in Europe. It highlights northern France as the favored front for invasion due to RAF reach and proximity to the English coast. It notes German defenses along the French coast, led by Todt, designed to deter shipping and potential landings while defending coastal positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Visre
Europe
Archair Strategets
Europa
Norway
Thrsuoah
Belgium
Netherlands
Spain
Portugal
Waly
France
Hitler
Fritz Todh
Channel
Air ships vs sea vessels in wartime transport debate
Wartime experts and industry leaders propose air transport as the future solution to shipping losses and delays. Henry J Kaiser champions flying ships weighing 209 and 620 tons, suggesting 1945 production in nine shipyards and six months to start, with air power potentially ending the war sooner.
Keiser urges mass production of flying ships for wartime supply
Henry J. Keiser, a Oregon ship builder, argues the Maritime Commission should hand nine shipyards to mass produce flying ships like the Mars. He claims five thousand ships could land 500,000 fully equipped men in England in a day and return with 70,000 tons of supplies and bombs the next day. He calls aviation dependent on slow surface transport an anomaly and says air power should not rely on sluggish sea routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Western
Europe
United Nations
Russia
Britain
U. S
Gifial
Gries
Tekken
Att. Rat
Greenland
Australia
Burma
India
China
Henry J. Kaiser
Portland, Ore
SGU
Therm
Kelser Sala
Washington
Expressea Uial
Sit LY. S
Sparisport
Erie
Gino
Maritime Commission
Mars
England
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Sea OF
AZOV
Krasnodar
Tuapse
Astrakhan
Baku
Caucasian
Den
Henry J. Keiser
Oregon
Alexander P. de Seversky
Harold L. George
Air Transport Command
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Howeld P. Nelson
War Production Board
Sitieller
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