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Finally, a blow at Germany's western flank would not be entirely detached from the Pacific war. Such a blow, whether through France or Norway, would delay-and might avert-a Nazi drive through the Near and Middle East toward a junction with Japan in India. To have Russia in the war against Japan would be worth fleets and armies to the U.S. And it seemed last week that only two things-an Allied second front in Europe or Japanese attack on Russia-could bring Russia into the Pacific...
...books of standard size can be shelved in the space now available but if, in the distant future, more room is required, five additional units, each as large as the original, have been projected, the first two of which will flank the present structure while the other three will be placed immediately to the rear...
Then the Allies hit hard: U.S. sea attack, Dutch and U.S. air attack ravaged the Japs' warships and transports. But, if it had ever been early enough, it was now too late. The Japanese secured their bases in lower Borneo, in Sumatra on Java's western flank, in the Guineas, in Amboina and elsewhere in the east...
...mile battle line across the peninsula curled suddenly: as viciously as the peninsula's king cobras, MacArthur's men struck down surprised outposts. In 48 hours the enemy had been thrown back from two-thirds of a mile to as much as five miles, on the right flank north of Pilar...
...still paying heavily for his conquest of the Philippines. A crack regiment of Japanese regulars, harassing the defenders' left flank, lost out after a week of savage fighting to U.S. troops and Filipino scouts. The thinning line was still holding...