Word: break-through
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...months after the debacle, Seydlitz delivered the verdict: "From a conference table 1,400 miles away, without any investigation or discussion on the spot . . . 22 of the best German divisions were ordered to form a hedgehog. Hitler alone is responsible for accepting the encirclement. He prevented an immediate possible break-through ... Goring supported Hitler with an irresponsible promise. Hitler and Goring must forever be haunted by the 250,000 dead German soldiers of Stalingrad...
...Berlin reported a major break-through near Krivoi Rog by a Russian army of 500,000. Such a thrust would end the last German resistance within the Dnieper bend...
...Thrust. The break-through was the reward of a bold and ingenious strategy, backed up by a mounting superiority in men and weapons. Last week, for the first time, came the detailed story of how the Red blueprint was translated into victory...
...expect an onslaught from the southeast. For months now defense workers have been . . . fortifying the Greek coasts and some of the islands. ... In Bulgaria the mountain passes have recently been fortified. . . . [The Nazi] aim in the Balkans must be to defend Rumania for its oil and to prevent a break-through into the great plain of Central Europe. . . . The Germans can hope that the Allies, after exhausting themselves in expensive attacks on the outposts, would have to face a heavy counteroffensive from the air and heavily mechanized armies operating from well prepared and equipped supply bases...
...Homma-Wadi el Akarit line the performance was repeated. And while the final break-through was being readied by General Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander's ground forces, Coningham's airmen continued their slash-and-bomb tactics. They were still at it when the last resistance on Cap Bon finally broke down...