Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-05-20 | Page 2 | Oil Tankers Offer Main Target in Sea Warfare, Say Nazis

Oil Tankers Offer Main Target In Sea Warfare Say Nazis BERLIN May 20 UP In RI-In In the 1 battle of the Atlantic the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans have aimed their submarine and fl d aerial weapons chiefly against British tanker tonnage carrying oil supplies for the royal air force nazi commentators as asserted asserted asserted as- as Tuesday Pointing to Mondays Monday's report German submarines operating inthe inthe in inthe the Atlantic had sunk tons of British tanker shipping space these sources said Britain's oil oil- fleet had lost tons since May 1 with an nn additional tons damaged severely The Germans pointed out that In Tuesdays Tuesday's motorized war oil has become the vital ne need d in military military mili mill tary supply In this department Britain is especially vulnerable they said I for she has to import every drop of fuel and lubricating oil from overseas The German high command apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap recently has ordered closer attention to the flow of British oil supplies from across the Atlantic since she has been cut off from the flow of oil from the Near East fields fields due due to the conflict with Iraq It was hinted in official quarters quarters quarters that nazi submarines were saving their torpedoes for tank tanks ers even at the price of letting one two or even three package freighters pass by