The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-21
Churchill Reports To
 Parliament On War
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tack and told me beforehand of the counterstroke by which he intended to relieve Stalingrad and If possible destroy the German forces before it."
 A Year Ago
 He recalled that almost exactly @ year ago, Marshal Erwin Ronlnel was decisively repulsed in Egypt.
 "A month later the desert army won @ hard, prolonged battle at Alamein and set forth on its immor- tai march--a march not yet con- cluded," he added.
 Churchill referred to almost rIl- broken successes by land, sea ana air during the last year and rec vealed that last may he and Pres ident Roosevelt decided that the principal objective was knocking Italy out of the war this year.
 "No one, in attempting to set a time limit for the task, would have expected that 1t would have been SO rapidly achieved" he said.
 The Prime Minister asserted that "there has been an enormous div ersion of German energy from the war fronts and the effective power of the enemy has been noticeaoly crippled by it."
 "The complete strategic air dorn- ination of Germany by Anglo-Arll- erican air forces is not necessarily beyond our reach even in 1944 with conseouences. if attained, which cannot be measured but must cer- talnly be profound" he said.
 He revealed that not an Allied merchant vessel had been sunk py enemy action in the North At!antic during four-month period ending Sept. IS. .,
 He also dIsclosed that during the first two weeks of September, no Allied ships had been sunk oy U- boats in any part of the world-.a situation unprecedented either 1n this war or the last.
 "The U-boats have become actiVe and one convoy is being attacked at the present time" he added, how ever.
 The Prime Minister said that the Allies, including Russia, had dis played increasing mastery Of the air. -,
 "The weight of bombs discharged bv the RAF on Germany in the last l2 months is three times that oi the preceding 12 months" he re- ported. "The weight of bombs dis charged in the last three months is half as great again as the preceding three months. Percentage losses during the first eight months oi le43 are less than in the same peri cd last year."
 Churchill pointed out that the German air force had been driven increasingly on the defensive.
 "The RAF at present is maintain ing in action nearly 50 per cent more aircraft than Germany. In addition. the United States air force is already iI3 action on great scale' Available Planes He estimated that the increase in available Allied planes now exceeds the German supply by more than I to 1.
 "This opens the possibility of sat- urating German defenses on the ground and in the air." he explained If the growth continues, we should with very small loss be in 8 position where the actual methodical de- struction of every available building of the enemy would be possible"
 He said that the Russian air force is now in many ways superior to that of Germany. .
 We must expect that the terri ble foe we are smiting so heavily will make frenzied efforts to retaliate, he warned.
 Churchill reported that the Ger mans are using a new type Of aerial bombing on Allied shipping. He de- scribed it as "sort of a rocket as- sisted glider which is released from considerable height and apparently is guided towards the target by the parent aircraft"
 Tt might be that the Germans are developing other weapons on novel lines" he said
 New Weapons 6pccct1ch VI GSttlsaAa ASeeces AsSs'' Hitler down contain mysterious al- Iusions to new methods and new weapons which presently will be tried out against us. It would be natural for the enemy to spread such rumors in order to encourage his people. But there is probably more in 1t than that"
 German U-boats. he said. have been entering the Atlantic during the last week or % from bases in France and Germany and doubtless have been fitted with some new ape paratus.
 we, for our part. have not been Idle and await renewal of the cons flict which is in fact already begugn