LOSS IN GERMANY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 140, 24 March 1944, Page 3

LOSS IN GERMANY

IMPORTANT WAR INDUSTRIES. MANY REPORTED DESTROYED. RAIDS CONFUSE BERLIN. (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON. Mar. 23. An analysis of the damage in Berlin has just been published by the Air Ministry, which states that a number of factories destroyed or damaged by • air attacks between November, 1943, and February, 1944, was at least 326. Of 103 factories listed by the Ministry of Economic Warfare as of the highest importance to the German war effort, 29 have been seriously damaged or destroyed, and 15 less seriously damaged. In addition to priority factories, 51 important general produce factories have been seriously damaged, and 58 less seriously. Seventy-three unidentified industrial plants have also been hit, of which 46 were seriously damaged. Shortages due to the air raid damage are becoming apparent both in the German armed forces and in industrial economy. The damage to communications has also been severe, while administrative confusion as the result of our raids is considerable owing to the destruction of Government offices and records. A large number of workers have left Berlin without sanction, and 21 main Government offices have been damaged most severely.—British Official Wifeless.