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...Poland, crushing everything before them. They pushed through the Lowlands and France to Dunkirk. The weapon Germany's enemies had neglected between wars seemed to be irresistible. The U.S. hurriedly withdrew its few light tanks from the cavalry and infantry and used them as a nucleus for an Armored Force. Bigger guns were mounted on bigger tanks (while U.S. factories in a prodigious tank program poured out earlier, obsolete models). Still heavier armor and welded construction appeared. By 1943, the U.S. Armored Force had burgeoned to 14 divisions...
...Cavalry Journal noted: "The dominance enjoyed by armored forces on the battlefields of 1939 and 1940 is over. . . . It is another example of the old story of fire power versus armor. Fire power always wins...
...Dallas last week Frederick Coolidge Crawford, recently elected president of the National Association of Manufacturers, dented the armor of N.A.M.'s traditional foreign-trade policy. As late as 1940 N.A.M. vigorously opposed continuation of the Hull reciprocal trade treaties, declared against tariff reductions. Now Crawford, in line with his philosophy of free competition (TIME, March 1), specifically called for the elimination of inflexible tariffs and declared: "There will be another war in 25 to 30 years if nations close up behind rigid trade barriers." His declaration raised hopes in some quarters that N.A.M. would support the extension...
...Mediterranean. It was an effort to keep Montgomery off balance, break up any gathering attack and wreak more destruction. Rommel's tanks and infantry hurtled along the corridor. But Montgomery was ready for them. He smashed the first attack. He smashed wave after wave with his armor and artillery. Rommel finally retired, bruised, having lost 33 tanks and suffered heavy infantry casualties in the fruitless engagement...
Last Ditch. The story of the next few days was the story of a desperate Allied stand. British artillery and lumbering new Churchill tanks rolled up to block the pass at Sbiba. In the area of Tebessa-the Allied base for Central Tunisia-U.S. cannon and armor, supported by strong air units operating in dubious flying weather, pounded and slashed at the German onrush. In the critical Thala sector British armor, probably drawn from the First Army's reserves, and fresh U.S. artillery fought through the afternoon and into the night...