The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
NAZI INVASION
 TROOPS BOMBED
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l Oll storage CdukS anu ldrRe building nearby also were set af1re at Porto Margera. the air ministry said. The building, hit by two bombs, was seen to collapse, the ministry said. The sheds and work shops then were machine -gunned at almost ground level.
 "The target was left blazing" the communique said. From these op- erationS one aircraft is missing"
 British planes were reported ear- Her to have bombed submarine bases, shipping and troops on the French and Belgian invasion coast and airdromes in occupied France.
 Fighter planes conducted the in- vasion coast operations, darting over to the invasion coast and sweeping down to sea level 10 machine gun German motor tor. do boats and German troops h trenches along the beach. Their raid was made in full daylight.
 Submarine Bases Hit. During the night, planes of the bomber command attacked German submarine bases at Brest, Le Havre and Lorient with good results" and bombed airdromes in German-occu- pied France as well as the targets in Germany.
 Docks at Brest were attacked with incendiary and high explosive bombs," the air ministry said. "A number of heavy bombs burst along the water front and fires broke out. A warehouse was set ablaze and a larger fire started, at the mintry port.
 'Le Havre and Lorient also were attacked and high explosive bombs were seen to burst along the docks. '
 German airdromeS at Vannes, ChartreS, Evreux and Morlaix were attacked. Airdrome buildings were set af1re and number of airplanes ! on the ground at Evreux were ignit- ed, the ministry said.
 All British planes returned, it was added.
 The daylight raids were made under new plan to carry the air offensive to occupied territory and Ito strike at German airdromes from which planes ta6e off at ngiht tc bomb Britain.
 It was the second attack on Italy,s vulnerable industrial area by long range bomberS of the home bomber command in as many nights. Fires and explosions had oeen s.artsA ll big raid on the Turin area Sat- urday night.
 l Evidently determined to give Italy no rest, long range bombers of the middle eastern command of the royal air force were bombing the Palermo area of Sicily almost night ly, it was indicated.
 Swiss reports led to the belie1 that last nights raid on Northern Italy was an especially heavy one.
 Zurich Had Alarm.
 Zurich had A minute air raid alarm starting at 3:59 a. m. (9:59 p m. Sunday EST) and Geneva had a 36 minute alrn strting at 3::54 a. m (9:54 p. m. Sunday EST)
 (The Swiss army command said in 8 special communique that for eign planes repeatedly violated Swiss territory between midnight and s a. m. The planes flew over western and eastern areas and the Canton of Grisons in Southeastern Swi.zer- land, it was said, and as the result there were air raid alarms at sev- erl pointS.)
 The air ministry said that in a raid on Turin Saturday night and Sunday morning copies of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's recent speech on Italy's role n the war were dropped along with bombs.
 Turins royal arsenal was the main target. Unusually large bombs were dropped on it, along with showers of incendiary bombs.
 Big fires and explosions were ob- served by pilots. When the bomb release mechanism Of one plane froze over the arsenal, the pilot continued on to the Fiat Motor Works and bombed them. Four fires were observed in the works.