WAR ON U-BOATS
MORE THAN 530 SUNK OR DAMAGED BY BRITISH NAVY ALONE. MANY OTHER ALSO ACCOUNTED FOR. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, December 21. British naval surface vessels have sunk or damaged more than 530 Italian and German submarines since the outbreak of war. In addition, Coastal Command planes and American planes and warships have destroyed numerous other U-boats in the Atlantic and Caribbean areas. , Disclosing this today, a high British authority declared that Britain had switched from the defensive to the offensive against submarines. The Bomber Command was attacking Nazi submarine plants and. bases. At the same time, surface ships and aeroplanes were carrying out widespread attacks. '
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 December 1942, Page 4
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113WAR ON U-BOATS Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 December 1942, Page 4
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