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...most interesting map of the U.S.S.R. in the Nov. 30 issue. When did Norway annex Sweden? . . . The Swedes won't be happy, and I doubt very much that the Norwegians will...
Brass glitters in a converted movie theater in the reservation near Paris which is called Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Pips, crowns, eagles, laurel wreaths, stars sparkle on an international wardrobe of soldiers' tunics. A luminous map of Europe shines from the screen. The houselights dim, a spotlight focuses on a small, grey-mustached man in the uniform of a high British officer...
...thin, nasal voice, Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein curtly sketches the problem. Suppose the Russians were to advance here. (A dark shadow darts westward across the map.) Then their tactical air force's striking power would extend to here. (A purple light slides across the map, out into the Atlantic, ominously embracing Britain...
...With his map and microphone, Montgomery manipulates the make-believe war. "Now here it is. D Plus 7." He waves his hand at the map. "We've got a commander out on this flank who's calling for air power. He must have it, must have it right away. But he's just heard his area commander say he's going to use all the available air power somewhere else. He doesn't have any reserves, either. No reserves. All used up! D plus 7 and battle's lost already. What are we going...
...wider. From Cape Town to Suez, the fabric of empire is visibly disintegrating. In the north, the vast Sudan fortnight ago turned its back on Britain (TIME, Dec. 7). In the south, Boer South Africa talks of becoming a republic, and of leaving the Commonwealth. In between (see map), there is war in Kenya, unrest in Nyasaland, and in the Rhodesias a harassed attempt to build up a Central African Federation...