Nazis Boast of "Mighty Air Onslaughts to Be Flung on Britain"
Berlin, Aug. 16.
Well informed German quarters yesterday forecast that ever increasing masses of German planes would be flung into mighty air onslaughts against Britain when an improvement in weather brought to an end the "present comparative lull in the conflict."
The "Hamburger Fremdenblatt," in an editorial yesterday afternoon, spoke of "the great battle for Britain which has begun." Despite official reticence, it was the general belief of informed observers here that this week's series of great air raids over England constitute an integral part of the German High Command's carefully laid plan for Britain's final defeat.
Oficials discouraged speculation as io when the final zero hour would strike, but neutral observers in Berlin generally believed that it tremely near.—United Pre:
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