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The Seaforth News, 1944-10-12, Page 7TAKING A LEAF FROM NAZIS' BOOK Miles Heide Sea Amstgj 01 Poningea Zuider Zee Allies crash through Belgium in. to Netherlands. Airborne Army Bands behind German lines to spearhead swing around Klovo, flanking Siegfried Line. Other Allied armies attack line from Aachen to Belfort Gap. f . Munster 6a ,a1)arkmnn!1 gss Q Neuwie Koblenz st Siegfried Line; elms Argaane; Fsrest,� FRANCE is Metz k Strasbou; Germans pierce french frontier defenses May 15, 1940, swlng southward, flanking Maginot Lino. Other Nazi troops cross Rhino at Mulhouse while third German force attacks near Saarbrucken Mulhouse 5elfort SWITZERLAND By their sensational breakthrough near Sedan, Germans in 1940 demonstrated to the world the uselessness of "wall" fortifications such as France's vaunted Maginot Line. They simply flanked it with an end run and poured down behind the line, leaving the French looking pretty silly, with their big guns all pointed the wrong way. Only ones who didn't seem to learn the lesson v;ere the Germans themselves, who put their faith in. the Siegfried Line and the Rhine fortifications, only to have the Allies flank them near Kleve, and get into position for an end run drive behind the fortified lines into the great Ruhr Valley industrial area. Map above shows similarity of German operation against Maginot Line and how Allies worked same trick on them. DECORATED Maj. -Gen. G. G. Simonds, C. B. E., D. S. 0., commander of 2nd Cana- dian Corps, has been made a Com- panion of the Order of the Bath, Canadian Defence Headquarters has announced. AMBASSADOR • u x, CAPTURED FRENCH AMMUNITION IN BELGIUM It was a pleasure to these lads to work on this fatigue party. They are piling captured French am- munition the Hun never used in his hasty retreat in Belgium. Piling this 155 nun ammunition are Gun- ner R. D. Whyte, Victoria, B. C. and Gnr. G. E. MacDonald, Frankford, Ont. JAP SHIP GETS DEATH BLOW Charles Sawyer, above, former Democratic National Committee- man from Ohio and former lieu- tenant -governor of Ohio, has been chosen by President Roosevelt as United States ambassador to Bel- gium. CANADIANS TAKE BLANKENBERGHE The unusually close view of a Jap sub -chaser, above, shows the 100 - foot craft listing sharply as a S00 -pound bomb from an 11th- Air Force Mitchell bomber plunges into the sea at its side. Moments later, the delayed -action fuse, which gives plane time to escape blast of its own missiles, detonated the bomb, which sank the ship. Action took place off tip of Paramushiro Islattd, Japan's North Pacific air- sea base. RIGHT SMACK INTO BELGIUM After more than a quarter of a Century Canadian troops are again fighting the Germans on the soil of Flanders --and winning. Top picture shows men of a Canadian regiment entering the Belgian town of Blankenberghe, following closely on the heels of the rttreating Hun. Cenrte picture gives a general ida of the Nazi defences which faced the Canadians in their drive through Belgium. This line of forts •was located on the beach road leading into the town of Blankenberghe and lower shows citizens of the town, liberated by the Canadians, 'swarming over a Canadian armoured car as it halted in the main street. Belgians show their joy at being again fres of the Nazi heel. Here's that picture again—of a Yank who didn't miss the buss when his outfit rolled into a city liberated from the Germans. This one's from Liege, and shows a comely blonde Belgian lass giving a pleas- ant welcome to the soldier. Sufferers. of Painful SINUS—Get Quick Relief! Few Drops Relieve Stuffiness . . Mahe Breathing Easier ., . Give You om o Just a Fe p Comfort It's grand how Vicks Va-tro-nol clears congestion from nasal passages—gives sinuses a chance to drain. 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