HEAVY TOLL
AXIS SUBMARINES SUNK OR DAMAGED TOTAL 530 (Rec. 12.15 p.m.) RUGBY, October 20. On the eve of Trafalgar Day Mr A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, revealed that more than 530 Axis submarines have been sunk or damaged by Britain and the 1 United States. This figure does not include any attacks made by the Russian navy or the French before June, 1940 t nor are the American figures complete. During the last war the enemy lost less than 200 U-boats. Paying tribute to the Royal Navy, Mr Alexander quoted .what Napoleon said in captivity: “It was the British Navy that thwarted me at every turn.” Mr Alexander remarked; “ Hitler may well say the same when his turn comes for removal.”
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19421021.2.36
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Evening Star, Issue 24331, 21 October 1942, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
125HEAVY TOLL Evening Star, Issue 24331, 21 October 1942, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in