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The Battle

Atlantic

The

If Germany can cut off Britain's

was compelled to allude sea-borne supplies, it will serve

mocratic victory in this war-a commitment over- whelmingly reaffirmed in the House of Representa- tives by passage of the largest appropriation 'iti history.

the Nazis better than an invasion.

England into sub- deal with United sending it to the But whether this type of

States aid by

By

Max Gissen

bases like Wilhelmshaven, Ham- burg, Bremen, Brest and Lorient have been attacked more than fifty times each. In meeting the threat to shipping at its source, the Admiralty has found the most effective complement to the pro- tective destroyer.

has aroused

even the French the attention of destroyers and have well outstripped replace-launch 600 submarlties. Yet, from

and

of

to it, Gayda had to men-It is certain that Hitler would pre- tion it. There could be fer to starve few adult Europeans who mission and did not now know that, bottom. the United States had campaign can succeed depends to a considerable extent an assem- The vast undersca and bomber bly job. which tends to lessen the offensive against shipping which committed itself to a de-on many factors.

from British the Nazis have promised for spring In the first place, Britain's ship-damage resulting ping problem is much more acute bombing raids. The British ship

fears that United" are under con- states aid will be largely wasted and complicated than it was dur yards, however,

Vital repairs through sinkings. Neither the Ing the First World War. The Irish stant bombardment.

nor the most pes bases

the and new construction proceed un-Admiralty are neutral, while Itallan, the Japanese and

difficulties, and simistle American naval observers, nowder the greatest navies require the Admiralty admits that sinkings however, believe that Hitler can cruisers that are needed for

con-ments.

any standpoint, the British ship- voying and patrolling. With its It is now possible to explain pinig position is already criticale

alarming rise in When the Germ a roughly half of

scattered destroyer strength now some of the startling ups and and the recent

what it was in downs on the shipping loss graph, sinkings is evidence both or Brit Minister in Belgrade con-1918, Britain's navy has to combat Clearly, the most important fic-ain's problems in protecting her

Germany's concen=" ferred with the Yugoslav E-boats whose bases extend from been the destroyers. submarines, raiders

fast tor in keeping down sinkings has convoys and

Until Fe-tration in the winter months on Foreign Minister the com- the Arctic to Spain. That is an bruary of 1940, Tosses averaged preparing her great offensive:

almost impossible task in itself. more than 40000 tons a week. As Great hopes are placed on the mitment was in both But, to the problems of convoying the convoy system was perfected, effectiveness American long- men's minds. It was im-and patrolling over a vast area, and as the French and British de-range bombers in seeking out these have been plicit in the message there must now be added the aid ströyers began their persistent sub submarines, but

given to submarines by recon-hints, tosses dropped until, in extremely slow in coming, ful which Hitler received naissance planes and the attacks April, they hit a low of 22,000

More practical, perhaps; are the from President Ineunu of on shipping by long-range bomb-toris. Then, In May, came the British corvettes. These may be ers. Submarines signaled to by withdrawal from Dunkirk, Con- described as tough little sawed-of Turkey. It enters into spotter planes can take up at voying "and "sub hunts Wete för- | destroyers

which are highly the interchanges between tack positions with small danger gotten as destroyers, mine-manoeuvrable and relatively cheap

'of' délection Moscow and Belgrade andre prowling; their effectiveness brought into the Channel. Because

and need not waste sweepers and even trawlers were to make.

For convoy purposes they can Moscow and Ankara. We is thus greatly increased. Against of this widespread disorganisation, tale the place of destroyers and, can be sure that it is in buses are defenceless ex- reached a high point for the wared to be more than a match for Tollowing weeks though not armoured, are expects bombers, ships distant from Brit- | sinking in the the mind of Matsuoka. cept for weak 'anti-aircraft and During the last week of June subs. They are equipped with

The defenders of Singa- machine-gun fire. In recent alone they passed 700,000 tons. depth charges, a powerful anti

months, losses through bombing. Then came the reorganisation of j submarine-gun, the very latest pare have heard the news are thought to have reached 25 the convoy system, and by Alkust detection devices and carry a New confidence came to per cent of the total tonnage sunk losses had declined to 75,000 tona. complement of fifty or sixty men

Another Nazi "advantage lies in At this point the, Germans began British troops attacking the wide dispersal of the plants to make full use of the French Keren, to Greeks in front which manufacture submarine ports and for a time it seemed of Tepeleni, to British sol- Pas U-boat making has become that the British navy, now with

out the services of the French de- diers on transports "going for him to say. It is not stroyers. must be swamped, as through the Aegean, to precisely nil. It has 130,- loses again reached 100,000 tons

In September. RAF fliers over British 000,000 people and fabul-

The British ansiver to the great cities, to British civilians ous resources behind it, string or German bases har de- veloped in the form of brilliantly as the air alarms sound. It is backed by a manu- planned Bomber attacks. Imand The only effective answers bre ed, to sailors in perilous facturing plant that is submarine-parts factories have increased tonnage and more de

been "Bïscovered and are blasted | stroyers. It has become: American's.. waters.

just getting into its new regularly. So are repair facilities, fob to provide, those answers, since "A_Berlin · · spokesman stride. It is fired by a de- drydocks and assembly plants Britain is already doing her ut- may indeed say that the termination to see that Sabe must spend three months it most. In 1918, under a programme port for every two months at' sed. laid down only a few months be- value of American inter- what America sends to and the Brish Intelligence has fore, American yards turned our vention is "precisely nil." Britain does actually get been unusually accurate ih in nearly as much new shipping as

forming bomber - Corrimands of Britain has 16st during this gen There was nothing

their location Great German subtire war

there.

Canadian yards will deliver seventy in May. It they prove effective, they can and will he turned out in great quantities. But long-range bombers and cor vettes are a gamble,

Right now.every advantage in the war against shipping lies with the Nazis and there is no valid reason for believing that the ad- vantage can shift-to-Britain.

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