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Therefore, upon their return 0 Caifo from Teheran, the combined chiefs resolved that more strenuous measures must be taken to permit a broadening of the initial landing in Normandy. The Mediterranean theater could be bled no further. Only sufficient resources were left there for an assault force of two divisions for Southern France,

¥ » . MILITARY intelligence indicated that while this force could probably overcome anticipated German resistance on the Riviera coast, the rapid development of the operation northward up the Rhone valley

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would not permit further reduction. The remaining possible source for additional landing ships was in the shipyards of Great Britain and the United States. .8uch an increase in time for OVERLORD would require a miracle of production since these shipyards were already overcrowded and working at furious speed. An- added complication at this time was the possibiltly that Turkey might enter the war on the side of the United Nations, exposing herself to attack by Bulgaria. The possibility of operations to support her in the eastern Mediterranean had to be considered.

..,.8 =» AT THE same time there was grave concern over the situation then obtaining in. Asia, Generalissimio Chiang Kai-shek met with

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Almost immediately he wrote: . “It is Obvious that strong and positive action is needed here in several directions. The location of

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pattern of command, the tactics of the assyalt, and the strength in units and equipment, are all ques~ tions that have not yet been definitely settled. “The most important of all these questions is that of increasing the strength of the initial assault wave in OVERLORD.” . » wu THE SEARCH for greater resources for OVERLORD continued until it seemed that the time and energy of the allied commanders

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President Roosevelt, Prime Minister | Churchill and their military ad-|

visers at Cairo, and all were con- | vinced that a determined effort |

| must be made to re-establish sur-.

face communications with our Chinese allies in 1944. / Agreement was reached for oper- | ation CAPITAL, in whi¢h the forces | of Admiral Mountbatten and Gen- | eral Stilwell were given the mission | of investing Northern and Central] Burma. It was realized that the success of these operations could be made | much: mose certain by an am- | phibious landing in the Bay of| Bengal. But there were not sufficient landing craft to insure the success! of our European offensive and at |

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the same time undertake a landing on the shores of Burma. » » » VICTORY in this global war depended on the successful execution | of OVERLORD. That must not | fail, A Yet the Japanese could not be! permitted meanwhile to entrench | in their stolen empire. Allied resources . were searched through again and again and strategy reconsidered in the light of the deficiencies. These conclusions seemed inescapable: France must be invaded in 1044, -to shorten the war by facilitating the advance westward of the Soviet forces. At the same time German technological advances Such as in the development of atomic explosives made it imperative that we attack before these terrible weapons could

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Japanese in the Pacific must not be relaxed. : * Communications with Chisa must be reopened. -Resources were allocated accordingly. The balance was extremely delicate but we had to go ahead. ” . ” WHEN Gen. Eisenhower was se-

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