Late News AIR ACTIVITY ON BURMESE BORDER
LONDON, October 26.
Commenting on the raids against Chittagong, the New Delhi correspondent of the British United Press says it is believed the Japanese are trying to knock out the air route to China and are therefore attacking bases from which they considei- Allied planes are taking off. The Daily Telegraph’s New Delhi correspondent says the increased air activity on the India-Burmese frontier, where General Sir Archibald Wavell’s army is preparing for the eventful invasion of Burma, coincides with the ending of the monsoons. These sudden raids may be explained in two ways: First, the Japanese hope to hinder the Allied preparations for an offensive against Burma; and secondly, the Japanese are trying to knock out the Allies’ East Indian bases in preparation for a Japanese invasion.
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Southland Times, Issue 24886, 28 October 1942, Page 5
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134Late News AIR ACTIVITY ON BURMESE BORDER Southland Times, Issue 24886, 28 October 1942, Page 5
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