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Free of the sound & fury which has recently characterized debate in this country about the British Empire, and free too of any trace of jealousy and suspicion which all too often marks Anglo-American relations, the statement is contained in the Dec. 12 issue of the London Economist, noted for its sense-making analyses of political-economic affairs...
...Once Italy was in Anglo-American hands, the French and Yugoslavs would probably facilitate our entrance into their countries...
Villain. Less foggy were the words of Dictator-Gauleiter Laval. To his spitting hatred of the British, Laval added the U.S. and President Roosevelt. He dug back to the conquests of French Quebec and the West Indies for charges of Anglo-Saxon imperial cupidity. These he twisted into a cry that success of the Anglo-American alliance would mean domination by "Jews and Communists." Where he had once "hoped" for a German victory, Laval now said he was certain of it. Hedging, he added: "An entente with Germany is the only guarantee for peace in Europe...
...Tunisia and Tripoli fall, Italy's cities and vulnerable north-south rail lines are certain to get a shuttle-service plastering from North African air bases. If the Anglo-American drive hops across to Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, Italy will be wide open to land invasion. Reports that the Germans were fortifying the Brenner Pass suggests that German strategists may not bank too heavily on Italy's ability to defend her own shores...
LONDON--British advance forces in Tunisia have inflicted heavy damage on a German armored column, Allied headquarters announced today and the zero hour was believed near for a mass Anglo-American assault on Axis positions around Tunis and Bizerte...