Proof that the Royal Air Force is fulfilling the Prime Minister's promise to make the German people gulp sharper doses of the miseries they have showered on mankind, is given in the atest despatches from London, relating details of the raids being daily carried out over Ger~ many and German.oceupied territory. Ithas been revealed that the RAF. sent in a single night as many bombers ay the Nazis used in some of the heaviest raids they made upon Britain last winter. British planes have also dropped a great for tonnage of bombs on Germany in the last fortnight than they did during the whole month of April. The toll taken of German aircraft in the daylight sweeps over the occupied Con-{nent has also been remarkable., with comparatively little loss fo the British. In short, the Ger-mang are now being given something far more [serious to think about than they ever had before. The effectiveness of the intensified British bombing disproves the Nazi theory that their attack upon Russia does not bring them into 9 war on two fronts. It is true that on the western front they have: not fo face the masses of Allied infantry that they had to face during the last war. But it would appear that the R.AF- is quite ay great a menace. To- put a stop to the terrify damage being done (0 the Nazi communications and factories in western Germany, it will ko neces. sary for the Luftwaffe to divert a number of machines from the Russian battle zone, and the RAF. may thus relieve the strain under which the Soviet armies are suffering at the moment.
achieve this will be worth the loss of far [more British planes than have already been shot Jdown. In the Blitzkrieg against the Low Countries and France, the Germans were not further reproduction prohibited without permission.
{tracted by attacks upon their rear. In the pre sent battle, however. they are being severely Jatlacked while their defensive forces ere busily engaged elsewhere. The magnificent resistance being put up by the Soviets is probably taxing the resources of the German High Command to the utmost. and they can il afford to have their attention divided by raids upon their lines of [communteation, their supply factories, and their industrial centres by an enemy against whom they have been unable for the last six weeks to more than make symbolic gestures. The Ger~ mans never wanted "war on {wo fronts." That was why they signed their treaty with the Soviet Union in August 1939, Now, thanks to Hitler, they have got it. It Is obvious that their Luft! waite is not sufciently strong to attack Britain and the Soviets at the same time on a scale which might have a decisive effect. And they have therefore to concentrate upon one front at the expense of the other. Doubtless they believe that they will be able to put up with the losses fon the western front while they make sure of a quick victory on the eastern one. But are they 0 sure of a quick victory there? It is noticeable that the German propaganda bureau is putting out stories of momentous success which will be reported within a short while, They are not recording momentous successes which have already been scored. And if the time ever comes when they can with truth claim vievories which they have up to now won only on paper, then the Allies and Soviet Russia can rest as. sured that the cost of these victories has been Infinitely greater than the Nazis ever anticipated.
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