BRITISH SHIPPING
GROWTH OF STRENGTH GERMAN MENACE MET NEW WEAPONS DEVELOPED ''United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 21, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, August 20 Viscount Halifax, in the House of Lords, said the same amount of shipping is arriving in and leaving Britain with cargoes as before the recent intensification of the German attacks on it. During the week ended August 11, when the Germans were exerting the full force of their air attacks, our losses of ships were less than the average weekly losses for the period before France’s defection. Our strength in protecting aircraft is growing daily, and our scientists and factories are developing and producing new weapons to meet the new menaces. I [ j j i
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21197, 21 August 1940, Page 8
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119BRITISH SHIPPING Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21197, 21 August 1940, Page 8
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