THE WAR IN REVIEW
THE WAR IN REVIEW THE tempo of the war in the Pacific was speeding up this week as America focused its full attention to the conquest of Japan. As the military turned to the task of concentrating...
...16, 1040...
...France will occupy the Rhineland...
...But in the Japanese capital there were no signs that the enemy was considering surrender...
...Some observers believed that Tokyo was working on the theory that the United States and Great Britain might be inclined to make a peace on terms which would allow Japan to keep some of her power as a bulwark against the ambitions of Russia in China...
...Meanwhile, American B-29's were saturating Japanese industrial areas with record bomb loads...
...These men will be given 30 day furloughs before reshipping...
...The fat number 2 Nazi made news by his willingness to discuss Hitler and other Nazi personalities and the "visiting-dignitary" treatment he was given by some American officials...
...A total of 85 points renders a serviceman eligible for discharge...
...The German chemical industry will be transferred to other countries...
...The statement, which had the approval of Emperor Hirohito, reiterated the determination of the Japanese to destroy the "unjust ambition of the United States and Great Britain...
...This week, too, saw the end of the Associated Press controversy when the news service officially apologized for the action of its correspondent, Edward Kennedy, in flashing the news of Germany's surrender to the world 30 hours before the official announcement, despite his pledge to observe the official release date...
...Labor battalians will also be organized to repair the devastation...
...the capital of the island, in a bloody climax Of that bitter campaign...
...There is need of a tremendous amount of supplies in the Pacific where Gen...
...Troops were already on board ship and the ports of Europe were jammed with doughboys...
...German industrial machinery will be moved as needed to countries devastated by German arms...
...Plans for the policing of Germany were anounced...
...Most of the troops will come back via the United States at a rate of about 10.000 a week...
...Here is how the points are accumulated: 1. One point for each month of Army service since Sept...
...At mid-week Gen...
...To bring the full power of the nation to bear on the enemy in the Pacific, America had come to grips with the staggering task of redeployment...
...More than a million men in both theaters of war will be discharged on the basis of a point system worked out by the War Department...
...Burma, Borneo, the Philippines, and on Okinawa the stubborn Nipponese foot soldiers were being slowly but relentlessly pushed back...
...He praised the part America played in winning the war and promised that Britain would carry its share of the burden against Japan...
...Tn Burma the Japanese were retreating into Thailand...
...On the mainland Chinese troops had opened an attack on Foochow in what was thought to be a drive aimed at opening a channel to the coast for the purpose of fonneling supplies to Chiang Kai-shek...
...Some commentators reported that they had it from high authorities that the feelers had already been put out...
...He also set at rest all talk that he would retire now that victory has been won by declaring that too much remains to be done for him to be "put out to grass...
...There were reports that Japanese envoys in neutral European countries were urging their government to bid for a negotiated peace before Russia steps into the war...
...Biggest prize of the week was the capture of Hermann Goering...
...Declaring that he regretted "these occurrences," he declared that "drastic measures have been set in motion to assure termination of these errors forthwith...
...Pattern In The Pacific The decision to continue the fight was taken at a time that the forces of Japan were buckling under the Allied pressure throughout the Asiatic theater...
...In China...
...This does not mean, however, that those who do not qualify under the point system are eligible for discharge...
...Chungking, it was said, was being bombarded with feelers for an immediate peace with China, to be followed by a "limited surrender" to other members of the United Nations...
...As the military turned to the task of concentrating the might of the nation on the western enemy, a flood of rumors that Japan was offering peace overtures swamped the news columns...
...Meanwhile, Prime Minister Churchill took the speech-fnaking honors of the week with an address to the world in which he reviewed the war and bitterly attacked the neutrality of Eire...
...The job of moving these men and supplying them will be one of the biggest of the war...
...In addition no efforts will be spared to hunt down and punish the Nazi leaders responsible for war crimes...
...It was also announced by Gen...
...Eisenhower, in a scorching statement, let it be known that the "friendly" treatment being shown to Goering by some officials was in direct violation of his orders...
...The Army's plans for redeployment were made known to the nation this week...
...The point system, which will apply to so-called "surplus" personnel, is based on the length of service, number of dependents, overseas service, and combat decorations...
...MacArthur's troops were cleaning up in northern Luzon and were securing new positions on Mindanao...
...The report at the time that the 9th had been ordered to hold up in order to enable the Russians to take Berlin, was the cause of a vigorous controversy in this country...
...Mac Arthur has been operating on a minimum...
...Dwight Eisenhower that veterans of both the North African and European campaigns would not have to participate in further combat service...
...Eisenhower will be the military commander in the American zone and will sit on the four-power control council in Berlin...
...Eisenhower also confirmed the story that the American 9th Army had halted its drive for Berlin at the Elbe River at his instructions a month ago...
...On Okinawa American forces were entering Naha...
...America will occupy the southern portion of Germany, an area consisting roughly of Bavaria, Thuringia, and Wuerttemberg...
...3. Five points for each Army award for combat, such as the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart...
...Britain will occupy a northern zone with many of the prize North Sea and Baltic ports...
...Following a special meeting of the cabinet a statement was issued by Premier Suzuki declaring that the "sudden change of the war situation in Europe will not bring the slightest change in the war objective of the imperial government...
...The Policing Of Germany Meanwhile, other news of the war's aftermath in Europe broke into the headlines...
...Millions of men and thousands of tons of equipment would have to be transferred to the Pacific...
...16, 1940...
...Biggest and, in some respects, the richest area will go the Russians...
...A gigantic dragnet had already been thrown out to comb Europe for such murderous cutthroats as Heinrich Himmler and Joachim von Ribbentrop...
...The plan will impose stiff supervision of the whole economic and political life of the German people...
...2. One point for each month overseas since Sept...
...A. Twelve points for each child under 18 years, up to a maximum of 3 children...
...The vast distances to be covered will complicate the problems of supply far beyond that which was faced in Europe...
...Eisenhower did not explain why he issued the order...
...Bases For Ail-Out Aerial War Against Japan The occupation authorities will impose a harsh plan of retribution...
Vol. 9 • May 1945 • No. 21
