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THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST}

MOMENTOUS BATTLES IN THE HISTORY OF DAYLIGHT

MANKIND WHEN, FOR 84 DAYS, THE GER-

MANS TRIED ALL THEY KNEW TO CARRY RAIDS ON

COAST

OUT THEIR AVOWED OBJECTIVE OF END- ING THE WAR IN A FEW MONTHS, IS TOLD OFFICIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A Some activity by enemy PAMPHLET ISSUED YESTERDAY BY THE aircraft in the coastal re-

gions AIR MINISTRY.

during daylight yesterday is reported in The fateful period was that between an Air Ministry com- August 8 last year and October 31 and the munique. full story amply corroborates Mr. Churchill's famous testimony to the Royal Air Force: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”

this

Single aircraft in the morning dropped bombs in a south-east coast town.

Houses were damaged but no- body was killed or seriously in-

jured.

In the early afternoon an air-

casualties, including several kill- ed, and damage to buildings.— Reuter.

In contrast to all previous ma- į killed 1,700 persons, nearly all craft dropped bombs in a south jor world contests, with the roar of them civilians, and seriously coast district, causing a number of of guns, the flash of shells, foun- wounded 3,360. tains of erupting earth-in battle the only outward sign was the pattern of white vapour trails four and Ave, sometimes six miles above the ground, by air craft flying at over 300 miles an hour like tiny diamond specks only failed to destroy the R.A.F. its utmost and paid very heavily in the sunlight, while the popu-nighter squadrons (which were for the attempt. lation continued their normal actually stronger at the end activities, ignorant of the tremen- of the battle than at the begin- dous issues being decided up-ning), but their failure meant

At night. 12,581 were killed and 18,958 injured, but at the end of the 84 days (compared with the 37 days the Germans took to overrun the Netherlands, had "prepared the conquest of djd not the last enemy, England," Belgium and France), they

stairs.

the defeat of the formidable Luft-

his

In a few days, the southern waffe and of the carefully de.. towns of England and the capital | signed strategic plan on which

set of the Empire itself were, the Mr. Adolf Hitler had Germans planned, to suffer the mind-the invasion of Britain. fate of Warsaw and Rotterdam and the war was to be ended.

Told Statistically

How the plan of daylight air conquest was frustrated and the enemy took to the cover of the night before throwing in the sponge is told statistically.

At the outset, the Germans sank Ave ships and damaged five more sailing in coastal convoys.

In London, they did con- siderable damage to the docks, to

famous bulldings and they destroyed some thousands of houses.

various

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Civilian Casualties

During the daylight phase of

Enormous Losses

In these 84 days, 2,375 Ger- man aircraft were destroyed in daylight. This figure takes no account of thote destroyed at night-time or those seen, by the thousand, staggering back to their bases.

This victory was, however, not achieved without cost and it is now announced that, the Air Force lost 375 pilots

Royal killed

The Luftwaffe which, as Goeb-and 358 wounded in the same bels said on the eve of the battle, period.-Reuter.

HITLER AND MR. MATSUOKA TALK FOR HOURS

HITLER RECEIVED Mr. Matsuoka, the

the blitzkrieg air offensive, they Japanese Foreign Minister, in the new Chan- cellery, says the official German news agency, and besides Ribbentrop, the Japanese Am- bassador in Berlin (General Oshima), the German Ambassador in Tokyo (General Ott.) and Meissner, head of the presidential chan- cellery, were present.

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Doernberg, the Chief of Protocol, accom- panied Mr. Matsuoka from the Bellvue Pa- lace, and, the agency adds, the Berlin popu- lation gave the Japanese visitor "an en- thusiastic reception."

GAS WAR WOULD BRING REPRISALS

The British Govern-

Hitler's bodyguard rendered military honours in the hall of the Chancellery.

The Hitler-Matsuoka · meeting lasted two and a half hours.

According to the official Ger- man news agitoy "all current questions were dealt with in an atmosphere of cordiál friend- ship.

After the meeting the Wilhelm-

was con-

ment is taking steps to strasse spokesman said: "The ensure that the whole po- principle of preventing an ex- pulation is in a full state winson of the war in accordance

with the Tripartite of preparedness against firmed, gas attacks.

The Home Secretory, Mr. Hor-

Scope Of War bert Morrison, assured the Com- This applied, he said, to the yesterday that Britain will East as well as the West Anyone no circumstances be the first entering the war must be regard-

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