Evening star., 1944-01-03
1000 More ons of Bombs Rain
On Berlin in New RAF Assault:
Reds May Reach Poland Today
Attack Is Described
As 'One of Worst
DeoIt to Capital
BY the Associated Press.

~~NS'
LONDON, Jan. 3.-Berlin, the
RATS first target for 1914, suf-
fered it's second 1,000-ton attack
of the new year today as British
airmen delivered their 10th great
blow against the German capital.
The newest assault came while
fires still were burning from yester-
days big raid and while German
rescue workers still were digging
dead and injured from the ruins.
The Air Ministry said % aircraft
were lost in todays Berlin raid
Mosquito stabs in Western Germany
and Northern France and mine-lay-
ing operations in enemy waters.
The second assault was made after
the big bombers fought their way
through the stiffest fighter and anti
aircraft resistance encountered in
many weeks, returning airmen said
The fax was so thick we could
have stuck our wheels down and
ridden on it," was the way Flight
Sergt M. Sherman of Toronto de-
scribed the heavy antiaircraft fire
thrown up by ground defenses.
Two large concentrations of fire
we're left roaring in Berlin, the COM
munique said, and Swedish dis
patches declared the capital had had
lone of its worst nights" since the
campaign to destroy Berlin began
November 18.
Suburbs of Nice Attacked.
At the same time the Vichy radio
said the suburbs of Nice in South
ern France had been attacked by
British or American planes. The
broadcast gave no date for the at
tack, however.
About 81 hours elapsed between
the two attacks on Berlin, but Swed-
ish correspondents said the menace
of delayed action bombs had kept
residents of the city in shelters until
B pm. yesterday and that less than
eight hours later the sirens were
shrieking again. The main blow fell
several hours later, however.
Swedish reports said Hitler's
luxurious new chancellery on the
Wilhelmplat was one of the places
hit in the aerial barrage which
struck first at the outlying industrial
areas and then worked to the official
and residential areas in the heart
of the capital.
:, was regarded as extremely
doubtful that Hitler was near to
witness the damage, however, and
the dispatches did not say how badly
the building was wrecked. The
Tempelhof airdrome area was re-
ported to have been hit heavily
again.
1880 Tons Dropped.
Berlin has now received more
than 1880 tons of bombs in the
10-raid Knockout campaign, and
between 10000 and $4,000 tons of
explosives and incendiaries since
January, 1943. AS an example of
the destructive power of the ex-
plosives dumped on the Nazi nerve
center, only about 1000 tons of
bombs we're used in virtually wiping
Hamburg from the map.
"A oS1 12Ai ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS od1d
briefly that fresh devastations
were caused in several districts" in
the terror attack against the popu-
lation of the Reich capital"
While the big bombers were over
Germany yesterday, Raj aircraft
at home were chasing a handful of
German planes which raided Eng
Land. Four of the attackers were
shot down. Bombs fell in South
east England residential district, in
juring a few persons. Some of the
planes got through to the London
area, causing an alert but accomp-
fishing little else.
In spite of bad weather, the RAF
in today's raid on Berlin struck
around am, hurling down ter
rifle load of high explosives and
lncendiaries which greatly aug
mented the previous devastation of
official and residential sections.
Defenses Disrupted.
Swedish reports indicated Berlin's
defenses were being thoroughly dis
rupted by canny RAF strategy.
A Swedish expert in afraid pro-
lection who was in Berlin during
the November "a attack when 1900
tons were dropped said enormous
fire damage was done because the
(See RAIDS pace AL