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Show BRITISH BATTLESHIP REPORTED HIT BY NAZIS -7 T i ...t i 1 ) AT SEA The 31.000-ton Eri-tish Eri-tish battleship Malaya, which the Nazis said reached Gibraltar showing extensive damage from an attack on a British flotilla made by German and Italian planes Nazi sources said the British tried to conceal the identity ident-ity of the ship and to hide traces of damage. This phase of the war is looked upon by military leaders as a crucial point. The eternal question of recent, modern warfare has been : battleships or planes? If modern planes can easily sink a naval man-o-war, then the terrific investment has all been in vain. If. on the other hand, warships can withstand the onslaught of airplanes, and still serve their ultimate purpose, the ration with greatest naval strength streng-th will be supreme. If German planes succeed in driving the British fleet from the Mediterranean Mediter-ranean it will be a serious blow I to the Allies. |