Sunday Post - 15.09.1940, Page 4

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SUNDAY POST
Inuasion?
Now? or Never?
By the time this paper is on the streets
the first serious attempt to invade Eng-
land for nearly a 'thousand years may
have started.
There are three important reasons why
Hitler must make this attempt now if he
is to make it at all.
Weather Conditions.
Firstly the weather. If the attempted
invasion is to have even the remotest
chance of success it must be carried out
at night and the troops must be trans-
ported in a large number of barges and
other small vessels. Large transports
would have little hope of reaching our
closely-patnolled and strongly-defended
coasts,
Before a landing can be attempted
under these conditions there must be a
reasonable certainty of two or three days
at least of calm seas. Good weather con-
ditions are also essential for the large-
scale air operations which would be used
to cover the landing of the invading force.
In the summer months the nights were
too short to permit a crossing under cover
of darkness; after the beginning of Octo-
ber the sea will be too rough. If the ele-
ments are to favour the Nazis it will
probably be this month.
Britain's Growing air Strengtat.
Secondly if the attack is not made this
year the invader will have to reckon with
an air force which is not only his superior
in qualty but at least his equal in quanti-