STRATEGY FOR THE SHOWDOWN
SEELY, Lt. Comdr. C. S.
Strategy For The Showdown By LT. COMDR. C. S. SEELY THE liberation of Paris by the French underground patriots (revolutionaries) is, in my opinion, one of the greatest and most significant...
...C. S. SEELY THE liberation of Paris by the French underground patriots (revolutionaries) is, in my opinion, one of the greatest and most significant victories for democracy of all time...
...It would never be necessary for us to assault this line, for in no case could the war be indefinitely prolonged...
...The Russians have broken badly the south end of the critical Baltic Sea-Black Sea line, and we are attacking strong lines in France...
...No chances must be taken, as the lives of our men are in the balance...
...Relentless pressure on Hitler's strong points —where we are now applying it—will win out more quickly and cheaply (with less loss of American lives) than any other way...
...It seems clear that Hitler will soon lose all of Rumania south of the Transylvanian Alps, and this will in turn force him to abandon all southeast Europe south of Belgrade...
...Hitler's Germany may well break up as Czarist Russia did—with an uprising of the people against their leaders...
...The opinions and assertions expressed above are the private ones of the writer and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Navy Department or the naval service at large...
...The Nazis probably do not plan to surrender, but this does not matter, for eventually the German masses will rise in revolt...
...The peoples of other occupied cities can now take their cue from the Parisians...
...It clearly shows what can be done by freedom-loving, determined people who are properly organized...
...Hitler, no doubt, needed Paris more than he needed any other city he had occupied, except Warsaw, and his prestige will now ebb fast...
...No matter how optimistic the war picture is they must be furnished with everything they want as long as the war lasts...
...Some commentators seem to think that this is a good time to launch an attack on Nazi-held Greece or adjoining areas, but no such attacks should be made...
...Obviously his critical defenses both in the East and the West are now disintegrating...
...Hitler, of course, can fall back behind the Siegfried line, but if he does all we need do is let the Germans stew in their own grease while we bomb them incessantly...
...Our fighters are now doing a magnificent job on all fronts...
...This must be done no matter what risks we may take in over-production of war materials...
Vol. 8 • September 1944 • No. 36
