ALLIED PLANS
DEVELOPING WITH PROMISE IN ISLAND AREAS NORTH OF AUSTRALIA. EXTENSION OF AERIAL OFFENSIVE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) SYDNEY, April 9. The “Sydney Morning Herald's” war correspondent at Port Moresby, quoting an authoritative source, says: “it might not be long before the Allies’ aerial offensive north of Australia becomes an aerial crusade to drive the enemy from his scattered holdings in the Pacific islands. An increase in the Allied air-power is noticeable every day, while that of the enemy shrinks daily. “Up to Monday the Allies had destroyed or seriously damaged at least 357 Japanese aircraft in one month over a front ranging from Timor to New Britain. “We are rapidly approaching a time when the Japanese will have to decide whether they will be hurled out of the islands which they have occupied Glare willing to bleed other vital fronts of air-power in an effort to safeguard their meagre gains north of Australia. “Already we have had the paradoxical position of the attacking Japanese' being forced to confine all their operations to defensive tactics, and the defending Allied forces using their major strength in offensive operations.”
It is understood that important principles of Pacific strategy have been agreed upon by the Australian War Council. The meeting of the Council followed a conference in Melbourne between Mr Curtin, General MacArthur, and Allied naval, military, and air chiefs in the Anzac area.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 April 1942, Page 3
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