There are probably many good reasons which prompted the second British raid ona Norwegian port a few days ago and it is a safe bet to assume that one of them was. still further to delay any Nazi invasion of England from" that ar destroying docks, ware houses, supplies, ete. It is now a well-known fact in Britain' that the Norwegian coast is, being used by the Nazig to train' troops for the attempt to invade Britain, Also used are the coastal areas of Denmark, the north const of Holland and the French Allantic coast from Brest to Hendaye. All of these regions have been systematically attacked from the air, by [sea and by British troops, some of whom have made forays across the Channel to destroy har-hour works and docks and to take prisoners, The French Atlantic const has been divided into divisional training centres each of which is, Jocated in an area where there are one of two [small French fishing villages from which local feratt and French seamen are drawn to teach the Germans elementary seamanship, much Jagainst their will, 'Big barges are cut' in two to make tank floats and these are hidden in special bases. For infantry. training smaller leraft are used. Invasion tints are embarked {in boats, small barges, fishing smacks and £0 on, power boats and tugs towing strings of smaller craft. For embarkation from' beaches the Germans use floating gangways made of Dig reels used to carry water pipes or electric cables with chains of inflated rotor tyres rolled around them. As the reels are pushed into shallow water the inflated chains. unroll and planks can be laid on them to make gangways, These can easily be rolled up again for trans port. For A, A. protection a gun-carrying raft is made up of four rowing boats covered. with a wooden platform on which a. pom-pom or machine-gun. is "mounted. When all the troops are embarked the flotilla sets off along the coast and disembarks at some other point. [French seamen report that the German soldiers Suffer severely from seasickness and seem unlikely to be good for an attack after a long trip, - British observers believe that this form of invasion is designed primarily to gain a footing for a drive inland and that it will be accompanied by a mass attempt at alr invasion, All reports say. Getman troops and offers @read this operation knowing that losses will be fearful, amounting to at least 50 per cent. even if the attack succeeds.
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