Significantly, the analysts in Washington learn that the fall of Tunis shocks Hitler. According to Ambassador Oshima in Berlin, on May 12 Hitler “is undecided what to do next.” But it appears that “a partial drive in the East is likely to begin this month.”21 The Magic Summaries are now showing, for the first time, that Hitler is feeling the pressure from both the West and the East. In studying the chronology of the war from this point on, one cannot help but remark that the actions on the Western and Eastern Fronts begin to have some resemblance to a good team of bridge players working a
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