WAY TO VICTORY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 November 1940, Page 4

WAY TO VICTORY

BEGINNING TO DEFINE ITSELF FIRST LORD BROADCASTS TO EMPIRE. IN FIGHT TO THE END. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, November 3. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Air Alexander, broadcasting to the Empire, said: “The road to victory is beginning to define, itself. British troops have landed in Greece, the Navy is there and we are giving air support. The ordeal of blitz bombing has left Air and Airs John Bull more determined to terminate all that Hitler stands for. Our bombing of German military objectives is immensely more effective than the German indiscriminate bombing of Britain.

“The German air force has been decisively defeated in battle after battle. Their machines and pilots.are inferior to ours. Their losses are out of all proportion to ours.

On August 15, September 15 and September 27 we won victories in the air ft/hich will rank with the outstanding victories in the history of the world. Our land forces are straining at the leash. Our production has increased beyond what we thought possible, notably in aircraft. “The enemy's merchantmen have disappeared from the seas, except the Baltic, which will soon be frozen. Food, munitions and materials flow to us continuously, and reinforcements flow out to our armies and garrisons oveseas.

“We are in the fight to the end. There will be no turning back. We give all and dare all to ensure all or lose all. Let nobody imagine peace negotiations are possible. Hitler dreams of a worse fate for us than for any previous victims.

“Recent Axis protestations of peace were followed by the invasion of Greece on a pretext of cold-blooded lies. We honour our pledges to Greece. We are fighting the grossest and cruellest pagan materialism. Our victory will rejoice and enrich the world.”