GALLANT MALTA
WILL BE JUMPING=OFF PLACE
COMING INVASION OF ITALY.
AIR MARSHAL LLOYD CONFIDENT (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received Thsi Day. 1.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON. August 13. Air Marshal Lloyd told the Press that Malta would be the jumping-off place for the coming invasion of Italy. Malta was the key to the British successes in Libya last year, for planes from Malta smashed the German supply lines. Later Rommel succeeded in flying in “a hell of a lot of stull"’ from Crete. Rommel now was just sitting down for lack of supplies. Asked how long Malta would be tenable if Rommel won in Egypt, Air Marshal Lloyd: “As long as supplies get in.” Asked if Malta could be used as a jumping-off place for an invasion of Italy he replied: “Oh! yes. It will be for the coming invasion.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 August 1942, Page 4
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