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Command Unified – 2
M’Arthur Made Chief in Far East – 3
Goebbels at Munich Cites ‘Kultur’ as a War Goal – 3
The International Situation – 4
Soviets Hold Fast – 4-5
Canada Impounds Japanese Vessel – 5
Biggest Bombers Raid Reich Cities – 6
Germany Collecting Worn-Out Clothing – 6
Nazis Still Say Struggle Rages – 7
Swedish Prince Sails on the West Point – 7
Russia, China Held Ready to Counter Japan Jointly – 7
Japanese Occupy Bases at Saigon – 8-9
New R.A.F. Dive Bomber Built on the Coast (photo) – 9
Soviet Airmen Who Scored Triumphs Over the Nazis (photo) – 9
West Java Will Conduct 2-Day Test of Defenses – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 11-12

The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 13
Japan Takes a Fateful Step in Eastern Asia – 15-16
The First Five Weeks of the Nazi Drive Against Russia (map) – 17
Congressmen are Grave Amid Intensified Crisis (by Turner Catledge) – 18
Gasoline Rationing Impends (by Luther Huston) – 21
Auto Men Worried Over 1942 (by Frank B. Woodford) – 22
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 23

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/jul41/f27jul41.htm

Germans encircle Soviets at Smolensk

Sunday, July 27, 1941 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... The Soviet forces around Smolensk are cut off by the German pincer movement. The German 39th Panzer Corps (of Panzer Group 3) links up with 47th Panzer Corps (of Panzer Group 2) east of Smolensk and surround large portions of the Soviet 16th, 19th and 20th Armies. Meanwhile, in the north the Baltic port of Kallinn is attacked by the Germans.

In the Mediterranean... Force H and empty transports from Malta arrive in Gibraltar without further loss.