-2- #6147, December 19, 11 p.m. (SECTION TWO) from London
 
Now the latter were beginning to feel the tension. German
soldiers were tired and their commanders had not prepared for a
winter compain. The arrival of new Soviet reinforcments had made
possible the change seen in the last two weeks. The Germans had
tried to dig in but they had not made very strong fortifications.
Soviet troops had been able to hold their own and were now able
to attack. Counterattacks were gradually being developed into
counter offensives. The Germans were reorganizing their forces
and creating new formations but he did not think that these would
be ready before two months. In any case his army would continue
to keep up the offensive all winter. He thought Russia had now
slight superiority in the air but emphasized that the Germans had
great superiority in tanks. He said that the position in the
South was satisfactory and that the arrival cf fresh Russian
reinforcements had resulted in the recent successes.
 
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