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GERMANY’S STRENGTH CHALLENGING WORLD FOR SUPREMACY PRODUCTIVE- CAPACITY (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, November 8. The Daily Mail says: “Germany is unmistakably challenging the world for air supremacy. It is estimated that her annual productive capacity is 50,000 aeroplanes, compared with the United States, 3000; France and Italy, 2000 each; Britain 1000; and Czechoslovakia, Holland, Poland and Sweden combined, 1500. Thus Germany is manufacturing five-fold the remainder of the world output. It is estimated that 150,000 are employed in aircraft manufacture apart from the tens of thousands building aerodromes, underground hangars and petrol reservoirs. “By early summer Germany will have at least 25,000 planes, for which it is estimated she has 60,000 qualified pilots. Germany is preparing to challenge Europe in aerial warfare, and she is confident she will be joined by several of France’s present allies. German strategists calculate that she would be able to wage a successful war on all fronts by early in the spring.”
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Southland Times, Issue 22475, 10 November 1934, Page 5
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160AIR POWER Southland Times, Issue 22475, 10 November 1934, Page 5
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