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...vital question of whether the Soviet Union can fight successfully on two fronts depends upon the untested efficiency of one of the world's great arsenals, Siberia. If the Russians perform a military miracle in the east, it will be because of an industrial and agricultural miracle already performed...
...railways over which the mechanized divisions would roll. Between 1934 and 1939 airfields along the Siberian border have been increased from 130 to 250. If Japan could afford the planes to stock these airfields and give her northern army aerial support, the chances of a drive on eastern Siberia would be better...
...only two ways to beat Japan at the present time," de Haas added. "The first would be to drive down through Siberia and attack Japan itself. This would necessitate Russian cooperation, and with our poor showings to date in the Pacific war, I think it is doubtful whether the Russians would agree...
...dont think there is much chance of Japan attacking Russia through Siberia this spring," de Haas said. "It is to Japan's advantage to consolidate her position in the Pacific and exploit her conquests to get raw materials for her industry...
...Emigrants. From Russia came news of a migration of another kind. During the German advance of last summer and fall, Soviet industry went into orderly retreat. Millions of workers and their machines were moved to the comparative safety of the Urals and western Siberia. Last week the Kremlin announced that they would stay there. Local authorities in the east were ordered to settle the workers permanently around their new factories...