[Homer_J_Simpson]

Prime Minister to General Ismay, for C.O.S. Committee 14 Sept 44

Pray see this. * Although this matter is being settled at home it would be best that the Chiefs of Staff themselves should express a view.

2. I have drafted the following for Mr. Lyttelton, on which I should also like their opinion:

“I am very doubtful myself whether the German war will end by the end of the year. It may struggle over in a reduced condition into 1945. Nevertheless I approve the practical steps you propose to take, subject to Cabinet and Defence Committee agreement. You may therefore submit your paper to the Cabinet as you wish.”

* Telegram from the Minister of Production about the effect on production of the Cabinet decision that for man-power purposes it could now be assumed that the war against Germany would not continue beyond the end of 1944.

Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Siegfried Line Hit (Middleton) – 2-3
Westwall’s ‘Dragon Teeth’ Ripped Out by U.S. Guns (Denny) – 4
U.S. 9th Army at Front in France; 4th American Force in the Field – 5
Germans Fighting Hard on Moselle (Graham) – 5-6
‘Bluff Offensive’ Seen by Germans – 6
War News Summarized – 6
New Russian Drive Hits Czech Border – 7-8
2 Reich Cities Hit by 600,000 Bombs (Gruson) – 8
Back from the Wars over Europe (photo) * – 8
Halsey Hits Bases (Trumbull) – 9-10
Aliens in Germany are Urged to Hide – 10
In Norway: The Underground Goes to Work against Nazis (photo) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 12-14

* The “thousand yard stare” doesn’t just emanate from infantrymen.