COMING SEA BATTLE
JAPAN AND UNITED STATES New York. April 17. The conviction of the Commandcr-in-Chief of the United States Fleets. Admiral King, that the Japanese and American battle fleets will meet in due course is backed by facts and figures indicating the constantly-waning strength of the enemy, says the "New York Times” in an editorial It is estimated that 100.000 officers and men have been lost in Japanese ships since the battle of Midway, compared with 41.000 Americans. Moreover, the Japanese naval personnel has increased three times since the war started, while the American has increased fiftccnfold. Naturally the Japanese arc husbanding their naval strength as secretly and rapidly as they can. but they cannot do it indefinitely, because their merchant fleet is dwindling at an increased rate and their fighting fleet, is deteriorating through* inactivity. “Japan hopes that we will dangerously extend ourselves but America has sufficient reserve ships and aircraft to capitalise our hardearned opportunities,” the paper adds.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 18 April 1944, Page 5
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161COMING SEA BATTLE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 18 April 1944, Page 5
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