Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-02-19 | Page 2 | Britain Trains Aerial Army

Britain Trains rains Aerial aria Army LONDON Feb 19 UP The R The British army has borne air-borne troops in training and parachutist forces ready now for action Captain H. H D. D R. R Margesson war secretary announced Thursday He declared that new armored divisions have been formed and th those se in the middle east reinforced Outlining this broad picture of strengthened British striking power pow pow- er Margesson disclosed that many of the British troops in the ill- ill starred Malaya campaign had to tobe tobe tobe be sent into action without time for essential preliminary battle training He said too that because of equipment shortages and the need for older type weapons already in production the army had been unable unable unable un un- un- un able until last fall to convert large numbers of infantry into artillery and armored units of which we were woefully short