ALLIED STRIKING FORCE
THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN Grim Prospects For Enemy Statement By Admiral King London, April 16. The United States Navy's Com-mander-in-Chief, Admiral King, has declared in Washington that for the first time since Pearl Harbour the Allies are well on their way to having enough ships, planes and supplies to strike the Japanese with overwhelming force. He said the Japanese would learn the Allies are not relying on the orthodox methods of fighting. Each situation would be met as it arose. Admiral King also said that the Japanese merchant navy is now less than two-thirds of its pre-war strength.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 13429, 17 April 1944, Page 3
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