"A DEAD CITY"
PICTURES OF DUSSELDORF (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) Rec. 12.30 p.m. LONDON, June 24. The bombing of the Ruhr is featured by British national newspapers, which publish large photographs of a big area of Dusseldorf, showing the toll taken by R.A.F. bombs. One caption states: "This is the most terrible picture ever published of the destructive power of the bombing aeroplane." The photographs were taken a week after a raid. "Some fires,"' the caption read, "are still smouldering, but still grimmer is the fact that close examination shows a dead city. It was killed in a night." The 75th (New Zealand) Squadron took part in the latest raid against Mulheim, in addition to New Zealanders in other squadrons. The diplomatic correspondent of "The Times" states: "Even outside the devastated areas the power of the R.A.F. is weighing on many German minds nearly as much as the strength of the Russian armies obsessed them six months ago. After hesitating whether or not to belittle the raids, the authorities are now releasing news about the spreading devastation in order to brace the people to a sense of danger. All the emphasis is put on the damage to houses and flats. "By an equal distortion of facts, the Ruhr and the lower Rhine are said
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 149, 25 June 1943, Page 5
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