NAZIS' PLAN?

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 215, 10 September 1940, Page 7

NAZIS' PLAN?

ATTACKS ON LONDON. Endeavour To Cause Britain To Use Up Fighters. . United Press Association.—Copyright. LONDON, Sept. 9. A high authority told the Australian Associated Press that the present "reprisal" attacks en London appear to be a diversion from the Germans' main purpose, namely, an endeavour to cause Britain to use up her fighters, thereby paving the way for unlimited bombing attacks as a prelude to invasion. The German bombing, said the authority, appears to be limited by the fighter strength available for e ? cort, for which reason, ii the necessity to send heavy fighter escorts is reduced, Germany will be able to greatly increase the number of bo::ibers. If this hypothesis is correct, it explains why, during Saturday's attacks against London, when nearly 700 German aeroplanes are estimated to have visited Britain, activity outside the capital was comparatively slight. Stubborn Resistance. In this endeavour to subjugate the British fighter strength., the Germans counted on suffering considerable losses, but did not expect to face such stubborn resistance, which well-informed persous believe will be more stubborn as the month proceeds. It is pointed out that September is likely to be a very critical "month, in which Hitler, engaging in a race against the weather, hopes to gain air superiority in a week or so. The air operations are rising to a crescendo but the top note hae not yet been reached. Answering queries why formations of bombers on Saturday were able to reach the central part of London, the authority emphasised that it is not possible for fighters to prevent a proportion of the attackers from penetrating the defences. German night bombing so far has been largely indiscriminate, although apparently the enemy is endeavouring to copy the British attacks against rail communications.

GIGANTIC BOMBS. MORE GERMAN THREATS. BERLIN, Sept. 9. Authorised quarters in Berlin say 35 of Germany's biggest bombers departed for London shortly before midnight, carrying bombs of the heaviest calibre. German flyers report that the London fire had spread and the smoke is so thick that the bombers have difficulty in seeing targets. It is stated that the heaviest and most destructive bombs Germany possesses are being reserved for knock-out blows against special objectives. It is claimed that these bombs are capable of levelling anything within -500 yards of the explosion, whicli tosses bombers like boats in a wild sea even thousands of feet up.