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...Next Blow. Where the next big blow will fall is the Jap's as well as the U.S.'s problem. But the Jap must think hardest, for he is on the defensive, and he is facing overwhelming forces. Only the barrier of distance is decisively on his side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: War Against Geography | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

...Jap can never be sure. Against the crushing sea power being built up against him, he must try to be ready at any point on his long line. A U.S. surface task force impudently rammed that fact home last week by slipping in to bombard the Paramushiro naval base in the Kuril Islands, northernmost of the island chain the Japs consider their home territory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: War Against Geography | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

...blow is pointed, the next objective now is Truk. The Navy may intend to occupy nearby islands like Kusaie and Ponape, by-pass Truk. The Pacific Fleet, supported by island-based fighters and bombers, might be able to neutralize Truk. But one way or another Truk, base for the Jap fleet and a base the U.S. could use, must be canceled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: War Against Geography | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

...mission was to get a couple of Japanese prisoners for headquarters. The 32nd Division was moving in from the Saidor beachhead on New Guinea, and wanted more information. Twenty-four-year-old 2nd Lieut. John Lee Mohl had been scouting Jap trails far ahead of the American positions, and thought he knew where a small patrol could be ambushed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Incident on Patrol | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

...trap was sprung just as the second Jap was starting down the bank of the creek bed. In a split second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Incident on Patrol | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

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