JAPANESE CITADEL
FORTIFICATIONS ON NAURU Reed. 9.20 p.m. Sydney, Sept. 20. Millions of pounds had been spent by the Japanese in transforming Nauru Island into an almost impregnable Pacific citadel. The “Sydney Sun” war correspondent, after a tour of the island, cables that he saw enough explosives to blow up Sydney and enough naval guns of huge calibre to destroy a large invasion fleet. Staggering engineering feats had been performed in hauling 6-inch naval guns to positions on sheer cliff crests, every gun in an elaborate underground concrete chamber, with a circle of ammunition receptacles, all
nerfectlv camouflaged. A number of the 150 m.m. navai guns which had been taken from Japanese warships bore the stamp of a British firm. '
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 224, 21 September 1945, Page 5
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