The countries we might liberate in this way" would be Luxemburg. Denmark. Holland. Belgium. Norway. and France. The terrific bombing of those countries sure to accompany the invasion will leave theni a shambles. Their industries. their harbor arrangements. their little model farms. the means by which they live will be destroyed. and. some refugees from those countries say. that is what is wanted. Why else. they say. did Stalin object to the invasion through the "soft underbelly" of Europe. through the Balk:ans where one could destroy central European war industry and Rumanian oil fields. the source of German power? Will this invasion help gain for Europe a durable peace?
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