Victory in '43?

The fall of Orel and Belgorod last week prompted the Russians to raise again the question of a second front in western Europe. Thirty divisions of Germans diverted from the Russian front, they thought, could so weaken the Wehrmacht's line that the Red Army could clean the Germans up in 1943. So once more they needled their Allies:

> Said the Russian communique on the victories at Orel and Belgorod: "More favorable conditions are created for the development of active offensive operations by our allies on the Continent."

> Said Pravda, official organ of the Communist Party: at Casablanca President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill agreed on "an exhaustive plan of action to be applied in the next nine months." The nine months, Pravda reminded, are nearly up. The Allies have a choice: "The opening of a second front in 1943 means the war will be ended quickly or become a war of attrition."

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