What I am going to talk abou: as] the situation in Libya. the There campaign. in a nutshell, is a struggle against communications, There are two aspects of this struggle: first, the strategic! or long distance, com munications: and second, the tactical. or short distance communications.
Let us consider Egypt first- It is one of the focal p. of the world is regards communications. Troops. food, and many important raw materials can be brought safely to pt by sea from New Zealand. Australia and India. The Sudan. Pales tine and Egypt herself are food pro ducing countries and oil, the life blood of the war machine, is avail able. But tanks. and im drafts of troops, come from the U; Suez in increasing quantities sea routes from Britain are long, that via the Mediterranean dangerous. The alternative round the Cape is very long By comparison, the German route to Libya contains a short but dangerous ea-passage. The preliminary la urney to the heel of Italy but safe, and earlier the Germans built up large advance bases i Southern Italy and in Sicilly short sea journey from It Tripoli or Benghazi requires muc less shipping than our long routes, one ship can perform far more v ages in a given time when the voyage is measured by hundreds rather thousands of miles. M hipping is fully e nploye went add to the risks to ship-he B.B.C. on S; relay, Captain Correspondent of "The Times", ins in North Africa. He s ar if they get wit!
IE Jay decided that installation of States Coast Guardsmen on c liner Normendic. and other French ips immobilized in American por! id not constitute confiscation because rench crews were allowed to remai: sinking the lot. The RAF. bombing shipping in harbours and j: stores on shore. and Ist this work s important it i lo as not so relish sinking the trans ned reports. however. may discontinue from Marseilles to the event of seizure of The Main Problem This main problem: so strain and dam communications properly develop Already it is reported tha obliged to transport drinking; so te porarily dis-conduct passes through M "anque which had been Americans and Euro-trying to reach United Press. by aircraft. Can you imagine any thing more tiful? I should like
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