THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 15, 1943:
A new Allied bombing technique with enormous possibilities—shuttlebombing
by planes flying from England to North Africa on one raid and
returning on the next—was disclosed by the Air Ministry yesterday with
the arrival here cf the Lancasters that hit Friedrichshafen Sunday
New Allied air blows at Sicily and Sardinia, switching the attack from the
Italian mainland to the islands, were disclosed yesterday coincident with Axis
reports that the United Nations now have a strong naval force standing by in
Gibraltar.
Formations of 2,000 bombing planes may be
hurled against Germany by fail, and double that number could attack in day and-
night raids three or four month's later, it was predicted here today.
The Germans are materially strengthening their
forces in France, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson declared today as he estimated
the size of the Nazi armies in Italy and France.
Ten to 12 divisions have been moved | into France and several to Italy he
said. "They may not have been withdrawn from the Russian front."
he also revealed latest figures on U.S. casualties as 7,528 killed, 17,128 wounded,
22.687 missing, 16,615 prisoners, and added that the army has "planned operations
which will require great numbers of our troops and in which very heavy
casualties may be expected.
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Daily Newspaper of U.S, Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations
New York, N.Y.—London, England Friday, June 25, 1943
'Shuttle Bombing' Threatens ~
Axis From North and South,;
Splitting Nazi Night Defenses
RAF Bombers Strike
Twin Blow; U.S.
Fighters Sweep
A new Allied bombing technique with enormous possibilities—shuttlebombing
by planes flying from England to North Africa on one raid and
returning on the next—was disclosed by the Air Ministry yesterday with
the arrival here cf the Lancasters that hit Friedrichshafen Sunday.
The Lancasters devastated three acres of the Zeppelin works at Lake
Constance at the beginning of the week, flew on to North Africa, and then, returning
to England Wednesday night, pounded the great Italian naval" base of
Spezia and fired large oil stores. The feat, spotlighting the possibilities
for forcing the Axis to spread hs defenses thin and guard twice as much territory,
was announced just as USAAF fighters, now growing in strength in the European
theater, went out on their first announced mission in support of RAF bombers.
Double Work Fur Axis
Allied Bombers
Attack To
Invasion Isles
Italians Hit Back at Syria.
Egypt; Last Rail Ferry
* To Sicily Destroyed
New Allied air blows at Sicily and Sardinia, switching the attack from the
Italian mainland to the islands, were disclosed yesterday coincident with Axis
reports that the United Nations now have a strong naval force standing by in
Gibraltar.
At the same time, Cairo announced that Liberators of the U.S. Ninth Air
Force have knocked out the fourth and last of the main rail ferries linking San
Giovanni on the mainland with Messina on Sicily across the straits.
Italy struck back, sending bombers to attack communications in Egypt and an
advanced airbase at I-atalcia, Syria, which they evidently feared could be used as
a jumping-off spot for Allied bombers in an invasion of the Balkans.
Report Fleet at "Gib"
2,000Bombers
To Hit Reich
Observers Predict Huge
Forces Will Strike
Nazis This Fall
WASHINGTON, June 24~Formations of 2,000 bombing planes may be
hurled against Germany by fail, and double that number could attack in day and-
night raids three or four month's later, it was predicted here today.
More than 1,000,000 lives in the invasion forces will be saved by the aerial
devastation of Germany, one observer said. He expressed the belief that President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, during their Washington conference,
decided on a concentration of British-American air power to demoralize
the Axis from the air.
Nazis Have 12 Divisions
In France, Stimson Says
WASHINGTON, June 24—The Germans are materially strengthening their
forces in France, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson declared today as he estimated
the size of the Nazi armies in Italy and France.
Ten to 12 divisions have been moved | into France and several to Italy he
said. "They may not have been withdrawn from the Russian front."
he also revealed latest figures on U.S. casualties as 7,528 killed, 17,128 wounded,
22.687 missing, 16,615 prisoners, and added that the army has "planned operations
which will require great numbers of our troops and in which very heavy
casualties may be expected.
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