Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
The War
Today
Ar Offensive
Of Allies Just
STARING Up
BY CLARk II NoonN Ard
NAVY. Retired

urASHINGTON May ~ Tho
w creates ail offensive ut 'r-
war has been iu progress m iNc
European the.'Cr. without I0''.-
rupton. for 10 Consecutive DAYS
The dcvaStat.nc n.oN, Struck
far arc or'N q prelude 10 heavier
blows 20 fol- Tor 'lC air h.it..
of Euiope has only started
Beginning "Wednesday az last
week the principal key ccr'ti>
o. var production a. German
ltalv and occupied countries
have beer Subjected 70 an H'-
preccdcnted SDrFS' n. S0vt''''.-.
mated attacks bN R~.~" iwC.-
ican ana Russian a.r .or.r~
The nooT'eS U07e~ NN., 0'~.-
nation arc r'V 'r6r~ ->.
hand. What way actually means.
They are hc.nc ,re4 rs a. Gr0
and foods
WHETHER THIS is f1f prelude
w or Sotfcr.rC up phase '--
fore q land nNaSIC" - rho cor
tinent. or whether the .-..s AL.
he intensified and prolonged n
an effort 20 knock ol' Germany
and Italy by alrpawero alone
cannot be forctold 6ctlnte'l
But Prim- Minister Churchill
In his address 10 Congress on
"Wednesday indicated that the
Allies may have determined "a.
try out the latter plan on 'hc
chance az saving many thou
sands utf ffvrS tina rerrt5F- n r7r1-r-y-
sarily be lost in mass INVASION
1.-THE experiment il well worth
TRYING 40 long as other meas
ures are not excluded" nc said.
At any rate the devastation
In the Reich already has been
unparalleled particularly in the
Ruhr basin, the Eder and
Moehne power damS--in the
heart OF industrial Germany
were preached by powerful land
mines dropped by a squadron OF
Raj bombers.
THIS spectacular. daring and
i brilliant INSTRUMENTATION
required months OF special plan
hine-turncd out 20 be the most
disastrous stroke ever delivered
10 Germany, from war produc-
tion standpoint
While the raid itself was a
Comparatively small one, never
theless II started chain reac-
tion" continuing effect--due
TO the fact that the pent-up wa
tiers. thus released. produced
multiple food damage as they
swept down the valleys Of the
Ruhr and Weser. At least six
months will be required 10 effect
repairs.
I In consequence. Germany is
not only deprived Of hydroelec-
trio power for heavy muniuon
plants during that period, but
her intricate canal system
which carries the bulk of her
war traffic-similarly Will be
SERIOUSLY interfered with
In addition there will he great
waste 20 the WeSer and Fulda
valleys. Along the Ruhr. 81
towns have been inundated, re-
sulting in thousands Of lives lost
and more thousands rendered
homeless b. the SGGeeniy-re--
leased torrents.
FOLLOWING so closely upon
i the heels Of the Allied con-
quest of Tunisia. the psychology
cal effects of the current ire
mendous air onslauGhtS have
been mounting rapidly, produc-
ing increased AXIS fears Of an
Invasion.
British and American bonn
bardmeni teams have cstah-
hshed records. both for the
number Of sorties made in heavy
planes and for the total weight
of bombing loads dropped on
enemy detectives
In these round-the-clock raids
the Americans. who use pre-
cision bombing attack chiefly H.
DAY. while the British. using
pnass bombing tactics, usually
attack nv night.
fNote; Opinions expressed
and assertions made herein arc
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