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...Army bridgeheads established in force far from the ultimate objective. Thus the Sandomierz grip on the upper Vistula had been the springboard for the present offensive. Thus the crossing of the Danube far south in Yugoslavia had brought the toppling of Budapest. So the Oder-the last wide ditch before Berlin-might be enveloped in preparation for Zhukov's frontal assault...
...Germans wanted Strasbourg for its prestige value; the Allies wanted to hold it for the same reason. Strategically it was not worth a heavy commitment of reserves. But Major General Jean Delattre de Tassigny promised a last-ditch defense...
Trucks were already moving supplies from the Ledo railhead over "Pick's Pike" to Myitkyina. The first convoy got through to Tengyueh in China via "Chiang's Lane," the narrow alternate roadway 50,000 coolies had hacked over 8,000-ft. mountains. When last-ditch Jap suicide squads are cleaned up, other convoys, using the old Burma Road from Wanting north, would help feed China's munitions-starved armies...
...fortress in the first major defense line of Germany's deep backyard. The heights of Buda, rising some 770 feet above the Danube, commanded the approaches to Pest. The Germans had time to rim the city with strong points. The 950-foot river itself was a formidable last ditch. The Germans had men and machines. The Russians had to bring both over a tenuous supply line that looped far around the Carpathians...
...clear a path, but on approaching the area they were shot at by self-propelled guns and Spandaus which covered the ground with cross fire. They had a close call and were pretty shaken when they got back to our foxholes after having crawled 200 yards along a muddy ditch. One of them slumped into my hole, out of breath. I said: "A bit tough out there, huh?" "Tough," he replied, "it's bl-bl-bloody awful...