STRATEGIC VALUE
OF DESTRUCTION OF NAZI SHIPPING NEW DEMANDS ON ENEMY WAR INDUSTRY.. BEARING ON THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 22. The recent heavy R.A.F. destruction of German coastwise shipping is the subject of discussion from a new angle by London naval circles. The increasing shortage of cargo'space, it is pointed out, may well have the. effect of forcing the Germans to embark on a large merchant shipbuilding programme. To such a programme many industries must contribute. Skilled workers of many types are needed and much steel, engine and boiler construction and electrical machinery. In a country organised as Germany is entirely for the war effort, a further diversion of labour and material to shipbuilding would undoubtedly lessen the output of other war material, including possibly U-boats. Thus the strategical value of the coordinated British pressure is well shown. The steady hammering by the R.A.F. on vital land transport routes and junctions has forced the Germans to employ coastwise traffic to an everincreasing extent. The destruction of this shipping and U-boats must have a direct effect on the battle of the Atlantic.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 July 1941, Page 5
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187STRATEGIC VALUE Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 July 1941, Page 5
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