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February 1, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

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The Coming Offensive Against Germany

THE British public ex-

pects

our armed

forces to begin hitting Germany. This feeling is voiced by the Press- and undoubtedly reflects public opinion.

In matters of this kind the popular instinct is

often right.

Mr Eden, whon he was War Minister, hinted in the House of Commons that

a great British Expeditionary Force would be going overseas in 1941. While agree- ing that we must take the offensive, LORD STRABOLGI⋅ points out in this article that the movement of large armies is not the only method open to us.

The Germans at present are mala nir attacks, we have a definite naval taining la Norway alone an army of superiority over Mussolini's fleet. 330,000 troops-equal to 10 per cent

Force Italy out of the war and we

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PILOTS

Stories Of The Great Raid On MUNICH

PILOTS and crews who took "I told my front and rear gunners part in the raid on Munich's that they could loose off their guns, railway, traffic and marshalling They immediately shot at the search- and they didn't want telling twice, yards all agree that it was one lights.

of the most successful opera- tions of recent months.

"I've Got It"

AFTER we had gone right down A the bomb

aimer reported,

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Then Coffee

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"Our target," one of the pliote sald, "was almost in the centre of Bombs gone, and then he shouted, the city. Before we started, the

'I've got h I don't see how he Intelligence officer who briefed us mentioned that it was the anniver- could have missed from that height. sary of the Beer Hall Putsch of We were very low.

"In the excitement I had more or 1023, and that Hitler would probably be in Munich during the raid, ad- less forgotten about the heavy bomb dressing the Nazi Old Guard.” we were carrying. It went off with a tremendous wallop. It was just no "Everybody was fnp up to get to though there had been a heavy burst Munich. I was given among my of fire right under the rear turret, bomb load an enormous bomb, and, The tall of the machine was lifted after talking things over with the right up, and we all thought we had

in low to make sure of hitting our bomb almer, I decided we would go been hit. target. Now, the coming win- of the whole Norweston Popster have a back, doer to Germany, and moonlight night. On the way or another baubles up a

"It was

a marvellous trip right HERE was a stunned silence for from the word go. A beautiful H

about five minutes, and then No doubt some of these troops were into that part of Germanyte we were able to do a bit of astro- ground defences sent up a tremend- ter is no time for the

sent there to be embarked for raids former kingdom of Austria which is navigation, setting up our position by ous amount of light stu, and I on, or even Invasion of, this country. most dissatisfied with Nazi rule, movements of great Nevertheless, it garrisons of this size

the stars, which pleased the observer honestly don't know how it missed us are required to overnwe the hundred Thanks to the Italian losses, the enormously.

in the dive. land armies. This is million people under Nazi tyranny, German losses in Norway, the effects "There was not a cloud in the sky "As soon as we got clear of the ten million soldiers would be needed. of our bombings on the German ship-over Munich. We made such good target and had straightened out on particularly true of the The Germans do not possess this building yards, and the additions to me going out that we were over a course, we started on the coffee

number of reliable and equipped our Fleet since September, 1939, we the city ten minutes before, our and sandwiches. troops.

have a superiority of three to one in scheduled

time.

"We don't usually do that until the large fighting units over the com-front of us to light up the target territory-but this time we thought Balkans.

"Other Every

ther bombers had gone on in we are pretty well clear of enemy territory over-run-Ru- bined naval strength of the Axis. But wintry weather does mania, for example-means

Twenty minutes dying time away strain on the resources not stop the bombing aero- adjutant-general. planes.

The Germans will It is known also that u garrison of Furthermore, apart from sub certainly try to harm us and 300,000 of the most reliable Nazi col marines, there is little possibility o diers, with tanks and aircraft, are the German and Italian Flects being slow up our war production needed as an internal garrison for able to effect a junction.

Germany proper.

Despite what

the under-water as- between now and the

sassing do to our merchant

"There was almost as much 'flak' control for as

doing a good job of work with in Munich as they was in Berlin," spring.

soldiers as remain in the badly-bat- long as we like of any large aren of their Incendiaries, and we could also he said. "They just hurled it up at tered invasian ports, most of this the oceans and the consts they wash.see lots of flores going off as we us. It was bursting all over the It is known that the thousand miles of coastline must be

Add to this advantage the air were coming in.

Hundreds of

of black puffs ap- place. superiority which we should have.

"I could make out houses and peared in front of my windscreen, R.A.F. has done much

ained by the spring, and we have streets

quite

clearly. We were

"Some of the fireworks looked opportunity for_a_bold_strategy stoodging_around_for_about_ 20 almost (on pretty to be dangerous!! as prontising us anything in wars minutes before we bombed, making One of the biggest fres was and Italian industrial sys- A threat to any part of it would of the past.

sure exactly where we were.

started by a raider which bombed bring reinforcements by road and We taught Napoleon's France the "Flares were lighting up the loco from a low level at the end of a tems. With the harm done rail. But the number of troops which meaning of sea power. We con now motive sheds In fact, everything dive. to the German means of can be moved by these means, and teach Hitler's Germany and Musso-was absolutely clear. I had put the "I saw a huge building almost in the speed of their movement, is lini's Italy the meaning of sen power wireless operator in the astro doms the centre of the target," reported transport and power strictly limited.

and air power in combination.

so that he could get a a look at things, the rear gunner of this machine. The generals everywhere will then He was greatly impressed, and sald stations, the Axis produc- On the other hand, the North At- learn to forget their dreams of great that he had never seen anything so fiat through it. At frst there was "One of our heaviest bombs went lantic, the North Sea, the English mass prinies locked in tion of munitions and aero- Channel and the Bay of Biscay are drawn-out land battles, and will getting a bit excited and everybody slon, but a few seconds later I saw vast long-clear, before at night, We were all the usual dash of the bomb explo- planes is bound to be affect- one vast sea road over which trans- learn the new technique of the real began talking at once.

a huge fire shoot up. It was terrific port ships can move in any direction. war of movement which only the Then we went down. The bomb and reminded me

In other words, It is easier to con- control of the sens, in the widest almer said, 'I can see the target per- Palace fire I saw when I was a of the Crystal centrate troops by sea than by land. sense of the term, makes possible. Ifectly. And all history proves this.

schoolboy."

"

of Hitler'a ·

By Sea and Air we could see the fluk' and the we deserved a little nourishment."

searchlights over Munich, Wo, pick- ed up our landmark and set course for the target.

"Stoodging" Around

Apart from such concentrations of can assume complete ships, we ALL the time other. pilots were

thinly held.

damage to both-the-German History Proves.....

ed,

What Form? The Inventions of the steam-

On balance, however, we have the engine and the internal combustion advantage of two great nations with engine help land power; but they also a highly developed steel-making and help sea power. engineering industry. I refer to the Furthermore, roads and their USA, and Canada.

bridges and railway tracks can be Neither will be disturbed by nic. bombed. 11 is useless to bomb the rold alarms or the dropping of ex-.sen. plosives..

Along this thousand miles of coast Australia and India also have im are a hundred and more points at portant steel industries, and are which we can land by means of com- developing considerable munition bined operations, properly "mounted" production. And they are likewise and prepared.

undisturbed.

By the spring the excuse that we We concentrate our warships and are short of munitions will no longer our acroplanes to synchronise with

the arrival of the troop-carriers.

be valid.

for the long hoped for initiative.

What form will this, take?.

the

As soon as the March gales sub- Special landing craft are needed. We side, therefore, we should be ready have time to prepare them.

These landing craft can carry sol- diers, artillery and tanks. In the war of 1014-18 and in the II opposition is too strong at present wat up to last June, the any point, the expedition military notion of an offensive was withdrawn and a weak spot found to advance from Allied territory, in somewhere else. this case France.

can

be

And in most of this territory wo The French ports were at our dis- will find friends and supporters. The posal, we controlled the English extent of the "Fifth Column" is Channel, and we could land, our practically unlimited,

armies and their equipment with

little interference from Lie enemy. Just Suppose

There are now no friendly coasts

in the weat of Europe. The Nazis

Incidentally, if Hitler still thinks

control them all from the north of of invading these islands, one of the Norway to the frontiers of Spain. ways of stopping him is to cause him

to break up his concentrations troops so as to meet our landings, ralds, and invasions on his territory.

Exploit it!

of

Yet this thousand miles of enemy Suppose, for example, we can cap- controlled coastline, including Ger- ture an Important German Industrial man territory proper, is a source of town; and hold it long enough for our weakness to our enemy which we demolition parties to work their will. should know how to exploit

In an hour the dynamiters.can do LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF

more selective destruction than the GERMAN TROOPS CAN BE biggest air raid can accomplish. MAINTAINED ONLY AT LIMITED NUMBER OF POINTS. As for the Italians, their Immenso LARGE GARRISONS ARE. RE- coastline is an open invitation for QUIRED IN TILE INTERIOR OF ralds in force.

A

ALL THE OCCUPIED TERRI- The principal Italian railway =BY8= TOMIES AS WELL AS NEAR THE tem runs round the coast; so do the COASTS.

main roads. Thanks to the Taranto

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THE NEW AESOP

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Crystal Palace

THE captain of another aircraft, whose bombs caused two second- ary explosions of great violence, also had a warm reception.

ILL-USED TIGER

CERTAIN. Tiger was a most ferocious beast. He was always fighting with his neighbours, but his real ambition was to supplant the Lion as the King of the Jungle.

But the Lion was a kindly old fellow, and he had good friends in the Cock and the Bear to say nothing of his own lively cubs.

Nevertheless, the Tiger attached all of them at once, and only after a long, long struggle of four years was he beaten.

The Lion and the Cock, -together with the Eagle who had joined them a little late

in the fight, all considered that could easily be roused. what to do with the Tiger.

Why not treat me gently so "We should draw some of that I will be a good neigh his teeth and clip his claws,” bour and never go to war said the Cock.

* again?"

Whereupon the Cuckoos got up a peace ballot, and all pledged themselves never to have anything to do with war again.

The Lion, who was really a genial old fellow, thought he would not disappoint the Cuckoos, especially as he was always surrounded by them, so he gave up eating raw meat, and his teeth be- came so soft that they could hardly bite at all.

The Cock had his talons clipped, and was no further LEG to himself or anyone else. The Eagle said he would stay across the 180, and the Bear went to sleep in the hollow of a 'tran,

At this the Tiger began to taunt his former enemies, Cock and the Lion with a and Anally fell upon the snarl. The Cuckoos scream- ・ed with rage.

The Lion agreed, but the At this all the Cuckoos in "It is all the fault of the Eagle, who was tired of it the Jungle act up a chorus Lion," they cried.

"He all, went home to his eyrie of assent. "The Tiger is should have suppressed the across the sea.

'right," they said. “It is for Tiger, as soon as he showed At once the Tiger started the victors to set a good his teeth. This is disgrace- to moan and whine.

"You example to the unfortunate ful.”

do not understand me," he animal who has lost the Moral: Geniality tames no said, "I have a fine nature fight."

tigers.

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