Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Russians broke through again on the Don Front. They encircled Millerovo with deception and strength, then cut the Moscow-Rostov railroad at Glubokaya...
...bottlenecks are transport and manpower. Both are fundamental; both have been developing for years. Hitler was warned of them by such knowledgeable advisers as Dr. Hjalmar Schacht and some of his key railroad men before the war began. He chose to go ahead despite them, counting on quick conquests. What he did not count on was conquest without victory...
British pilots learned the futility of attempting to ruin tunnels, destroy open railroad lines, bomb out freight yards, which can be repaired within a few hours. Knocking out bridges proved difficult (Cologne's Südbrücke, hit repeatedly, is still in service). But locomotives are R.A.F. meat. As targets they offer an additional advantage-they must always be brought within range. To supply their Channel defenses, for instance, the Germans have to bring locomotives up to the coast within convenient reach of British fighter planes...
...lighter equipment -two-engined bombers and fighters-to keep the enemy nervous and edgy. Manned by both R.A.F. and U.S. crews, they swirled over the Continent from dawn to dark; on one day 400 of them were on the loose. They hacked at light industrial establishments, shot up railroad trains, left locomotives steaming from their sides and ready for a tow to the repair shops...
...northern end of the front, where the Germans had held on stubbornly against subArctic weather that distressed even the acclimated Russians, the victory announced by Moscow could be of vital import. Near Schlüsselburg runs a railroad to Moscow and beyond. To the west, less than 30 miles, are more routes to the south. If these are retaken, the Russians will re-establish direct communications along their whole line...