Daily Post - 28.11.1943, Blaðsíða 1

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Sunday, Nov. .28, 1943
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lacreased Fnrjr of Allles’ Non-Stop Bomhiig
R. A. F. Methodically Wiping Out Berlin
One Thousand U. S. Bombers Blast Bremen
Vlenna Population Trembllng
In Anticfpatlon
London, Nov. 27th.
The R.A.F. was out over Germany last night in very great
strength, its formidable Lancasters delivering the third smashing
installment this week of the greatest air assault of all time.
While Berlin was the main target, Stuttgart was also heavily
attacked. Thirty-two bombers are missing from the night’s
operations.
When, for the third time this
week, the British giant four-en-
gined bombers went to carry on
the battle of Berlin, they found
the city still burning from Mon-
day and Tuesday nights’ raids. »
The weather was good, and the •
targets had been well indicated
by pathfinders. One thousand
tons of high explosives were
dropped on the battered and
blazing city.
In a few minutes, as the Lan-
casters came over, the smould-
ering glow of Monday’s and
Tuesday’s fires disappeared in
the white glare of two new
areas of fire, at first a mile
apart, but rapidly spreading,
and in a very short time merg-
ing into one immense bed of
flame. The returning crews saw
the glow of the gigantic holo-
caust 200 miles away.
This latest assault brought
the tonnage of bombs dropped
this week on the German capi-
tal to 6,000 tons, and this does
not take into account the two
Mosquito raids, which sent the
inhabitants scurrying to their
shelters on Wednesday and
Thursday night. Large areas of
the city being without gas,
without electricity and without
water, it is no wonder that the
authorities have been unable,
though not for want of trying,
to prevent a big disorganized
flight from the city. - -
Although Berlin was the
main target, a strong force of ;
'heavy bombers flew to south-
west Germany to attack Stutt-
gart, a city of half a million,
and the home of large special-
ized engineering plants and the
main centre of traffic between
Germany and Italy. Many large
fires were left burning, parti-
cularly near the railway station.
The bombing of Berlin still
makes the headlines in leading
newspapers, not only of those
countries engaged in the war
against the Nazis, but also of
neutral countries and of Hitler’s
allies.
A Stockholm correspondent,
writing of conditions in the
German capital now says, that
Berliners are spending the same
kind of week-end as the in-
habitants of Stalingrad endured
during the early stages of the
battle for that city.
A Swiss newspaper, review-
ing the situation, declares that
the German High Command has
been compelled to maintain
many hundreds of aircraft on
the western front which pre-
sumably could have been pro-
f itable employed elsewhere.
The paper maintains that it is
due to Allied bombing in the
west that the Russians have
been able to secure local mast-
ery over the Eastern front.
As an example of the reac-
tion outside the Reich to the
raids on the German capital, a
neutral message reports that
anti-war placards have ap-
peared in the streets of Vienna
saying: “YTe don’t want to
share the same fate as Berlin.”
Writing in a London news-
paper today, a British air ex-
pert points out in connection
with these gigantic raids on
Berlin that the experience
gained at Hamburg shows that
even the greatest cities can be
completely destroyed, but, that,
to knock out a target of Ber-
lin’s size, and at this range and
with the Nazi capital’s formid-
able defences, it is necessary to
make a series of heavy attacks,
concentrated against selected
areas. The weather has been
good for bombing, which works
both ways, for every available
German day and night fighter
was up. Advisedly available, for
the Nazis had the. Stuttgart
arrack to contend with, as well
as a series of raids on their
fighter bases. Following on the
heels of the great daylight as-
sault by American heavy bomb-
ers on Bremen, the defences of
the Reich were strained to the
utmost.
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Just as the big four-engined
British machines were taking
off on their mission to Ger-
many, giant American Libera-
tors and Flying Fortresses of
the Eighth American Air
Force, the biggest force of them
ever sent out from Britain,
were returning from a daylight
attack on Bremen and targets
in occupied territory.
It is estimated tijat one thous
and planes took part in this
assault on Hitler’s Europe, and
although American H.Q. have
given no details of targets at-
tacked, it is probable that the
main ones were the docks and
the great ship building yards at
Bremen. Good bombing results
are reported.
The bombers met strong
ground and fighter opposition.
and many combats took place
en route and over the targeí.
Altogcther, the bombers ánd
their long range escort shot
down fifty-six German fighters.
American losses were twenty-
nine heavy bombers, one light
and four medium bombérs and
five fighters.
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A few German raiders were
over England during the night.
A bomb fell on the London
t
area, killing several people.
One enemy plane was destroy-
ed.
Iíailan leather
Sliphty Better
Bat Rlvers Still Swollen
London, Nov. 27th.
From Italy, the main news
is of Allied air attacks against
enemy key communication
centres. The Allied Fifth Army
has repulsed two German
counter-attacks in the western
sector, while over on the Adria-
tic coast, the British Eighth
Army has enlarged and con-
solidated its Sangro bridgehead.
The weather in Italy is once
more good enough for flying,
Accordingly, Allied aircraft,
bombers and fighters, were out
in strength attacking enemy
positions in the battle area and
targets in the rear.
For the second day running
Ancona, about one hundred
miles up the Adriatic coast
from the mouth of the Sangro,
was attacked. Bridges in this
area, and between Ancona and
Rimini, fifty milés fui’ther
north were bombed by Libera-
tors and Flying Fortresses,
which also attacked the railway
yards and sheds at Rimini.
Simultaneously, other Allied
bombers availed themselves of
targets at Civitavecchia on the
west coast above Rome, and
Grosseto, ninety miles nor.th-
west of the capital. Flying For-
resses flew to northern Italy
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