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Show shortly join the R. A. F. in its excellent perform- i ances. The result will be, as the British leader asserts, an attack, on a scale, "never experienced by any country in a continuity or magnitude." It is barely possible that the resulting destruction of Nazi production and war facilities will so cripple the industrial strength of Germany as to render her armies helpless in the field. This weakening will go almost unnoticed until the Axis armies collapse in battle and, when this occurs, the end will be just around the corner, even if the Red army alone is ready to make the turn. Germany's great advantage in European fighting can be explained in her vast war industry, indus-try, going at top speed when Hitler decided to strike. The arsenals of the United Nations are probably out-producing Axis plans today and growing rapidly. If this increase is accomplished by a reduction in Axis output, as a result of bombing bomb-ing operations, the situation will be worth observing ob-serving in November. - BOMBERS BLAST AXIS PRODUCTION While few military experts believe that Germany Ger-many can be defeated without an invasion to open a Western front, the devastating bombing attacks upon industrial areas, seaports and war centers will weaken weak-en the German war machine. The present struggle is an industrial contest. con-test. Without the "tools of war" soldiers and sailors are helpless. Every German factory, plant, bridge, highway or port blasted is a net loss to the Nazis. If the Russians maintain the Red army in the field for the next six months, courageously continuing continu-ing their process of "grinding" German men and materiel, ma-teriel, there is no telling what effect the British bombing bomb-ing campaign will have. It might cause the collapse of the Nazi regime. ; Citing Cologne, Prime Minister Churchill warns that it is "what Germany will receive, city by city, from now on." American bombers will |