As the Nazis admit, Britain's defeat will come only when she has been successfully invaded or when all her life lines have been cut. At the present moment Hitler desperately is attempting the second-named operation. The Battle of the Atlantic is on. Five hundred thousand square miles of sea is the battlefield—Britain's sea communications with the United States and Empire. Along those life lines flow inwards to Britain the vital supplies of raw material and food, aeroplanes and munitions from America, troops and trained airmen from the Dominions. Outwards go the reinforcements, the supplies and equipment to the fighting forces overseas. Along these lines flow also the export goods which help to pay for Britain's purchases of war materials abroad, By overruning Europe the Germans have gained a tremendous strategie advantage and Britain is menaced by an enemy coastline stretching from the Arctic to Spain. Not only has Hitler a wide frontage to the North Sea, bases within sight of the south coast of England, but from the ports of Brittany and the west of France he has direct access to the North Atlantic. Those life lines must be kept going. The submarines must be beaten. Surface raiders must be blown out of the sea. Bombers must be driven from the skies above. It will be done, but Britain's task is a heavy one. In the United States public opinion has realized the fact that American help to Britain must reach there in increasing quantities if the U.S.A. is to survive in its present form. Britain' defeat would mean the encirclement of America and the American public is beginning to realize this fact as never before. With America's help the Battle of the Atlantic will be won. Already US. neutrality patrols have been vastly extended into the Atlantic Ocean and the question of convoying aid to Britain is being discussed in high quarters. Unless American aid reaches its destination, as these quarters have realized, it is useless sending supplies if they are to rest at the bottom of the ocean. Ships are being turned over to Britain in large numbers and all is being done that can be done at present to keep Britain well supplied with the materials she for victory. There is no doubt that an aid means the winning or losing of the war. Already Germany's aeroplane production has been surpassed by the U.S.A. and Britain, Both can build ships faster than the Nazis. Both can provide munitions of war in quantities that will leave Germany standing. American food supplies can keep Britain going. But, to be of any use, these sinews of war from America must reach Britain. Amer'fa says they will reach Britain and reach Britain they will. She will find a way, Nazi threats or no Nazi threats, to see that they do.
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