Air Activity Over Burma
Received Tuesday 11.30 p.m. LONDON, Oct 26. Commenting on tho raids against Chittagong, the British United Press' New Delhi correspondent says it is believed the Japanese are trying to knock out the air route to China and therefore are attacking bases from which they consider the Allied planes are taking off. The Daily Telegraph’s New Delhi correspondent says the increased air activity on the India-Burmese frontier where General Waveil's army is preparing for xn eventual invasion of Burma coincides with the ending of the monsoons. These sudden raids may be explained in two ways. Firstly, the Japanese hope to hinder the Allied preparations for an offensive against Burma, and secondly, the Japanese ate trying to knock out the Allies East Indian base* In preparation for a Japanese Invasion.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 255, 28 October 1942, Page 5
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