Fantastic Variety Of German Gadgets

Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 207, 1 September 1944, Page 5

Fantastic Variety Of German Gadgets

Received Thursday, 7 p-m, LONDON, Aug. 31. The Germans faced with the growing Allied pressure are making intense efforts to bring up a fantastic variety of secret weapons and equipment from le Havre and Pas de Calais, say correspondents from France. The Daily Mail's correspondent say 3 le Havre has been a nest of new gadgets which the enemy hoped would play havoc with the invasion plans and offset the growing Allied tonnage. Recent naval and Coastal Command action has been consistently aimed at neutralising the enemy’s weapons. The Daily Express says: “Flying bomb launching sites at Pas de Calais have become as big a target for the »nr.y as Tripoli, Tunis, Naples, Rome or *\ aris * A number of sites have been discovered in the wake of the army and every piece of concrete is now meticulously reported for the attention of experts.

’ Every time one le reported a scientist packs a couple of days’ ln ‘° a Jeep and goes off to " am '“ e «»«. None of the sites had the launching ramp in place. In a ™°f ® v “y case these sites were constructed by forced labour from Belgium and Holland in great secrecy.