FATE OF GERMANY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20864, 17 August 1942, Page 3

FATE OF GERMANY

ATTACKS BY AIR R.A.F. CHIEF’S REVIEW GROWING ALLIED POWER (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) (9.30 a.m.) R'UGBY, Aug. IG. "The time is not very far distant when British and American bomber squadrons in England will be able to destroy the industry and power of Germany at a rate which outstrips repair. When that time comes, will the average German long resist the conclusions that the war is no longer profitable and the Fuhrer no longer worth following?” asks Sir Charles Portal, chief of the British Air Stall’, in an article in a special Royal Air Force- issue of the Chicago magazine Flying and Popular Aviation. Sir Charles Portal, in a review of some of the problems which faced him and his predecessors, stresses the fact; that we began the war with numerical inferiority of one to four against the Luftwaffe, and only now had we reached numerical parity with the Germans. Our air resources had never approached our requirements, and in view of that we could not be strong everywhere. All we could do at first was to ensure that we were strong at essential points, and this could only be achieved at the expense of weakness elsewhere. As a result, we met many grave reverses which had given rise to severe criticisms of the Royal Air Force. “I am glad to say, however, that the situation is now quickly improving, he said, adding that the time was rapidly approaching when'the United Nations would have decisive air superiority over the Axis in all parts of the world. Referring to the Royal Air Force bombing offensive, Sir Charles Portal says that what has been achieved m the past is as nothing compared with what is now beginning to be achieved and what, with the help of the American bomber force destined for this country, would soon be achieved.