Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-10-23 | Page 4 | Nazi Invasion Plan Smashed

NAZI NAil INVASION r PLAN SMASHED LONDON Oct 23 UP-A UP c UP J-A J A full month and a half of day and night bombing of German bases along alonga a mile 2000 front was officially lally reported re reported re- re ported Wednesday to h have a v e smashed a concentrated German attempt to invade England First details of the German preparations to invade Britain simultaneously by sea and air were described by the air ministry news service In reports from pilots pilots' who carried out flight after flight first observing and then bombing Even Even now the story can be told in part the air ministry said Until lately it would have been extremely unwise to let the enemy know how much hluch we knew of his preparations and of the effect on them of ot R. R A. A F. F attacks On September 5 a strong of offensive offensive of- of against the enemy was begun on a large scale and in innumerous innumerous innumerous numerous attacks that followed both by day and night heavy damage damage dam dam- age was inflicted it declared From th the first day that the enemy concentrated his forces in every available port and harbor both large and small aircraft of the R. R RAF A. A F. F carried out and as a result brought back valuable Information