| Show Churchill Pledges Giant Air Blows Before Invasion B By Ja James es M. M 1 Long LONDON Feb 22 UD P PrIme i Prime Mi Minister is Churchill Jt jd d th the world T a 14 g beYO d 1 ye yet employed or pr would strike I Indeed Imagined m d Germany In In- in every very corner corne In In prelude prelude prelude prel prel- ude to the e final smashing by American and British invasion armies of ot approximately c equal ual power The three great allies aUles sU still l stand absolutely united and none none of the ground made good at Moscow or Teheran has been lost despite disquieting articles in the soviet press the British war leader asserted asserted asserted as as- in a confident co ident but cautious war review in commons The allies stand stan united d on warplanes war- war planes which make certain a victory victory vic vie tory that may not ot be so far faraway faraway faraway away he declared Churchill said he could neither guarantee that the war would finish in Europe Europ this year or extend extend extend ex ex- ex- ex tend into 1945 and declared Hitler still is in full control in Germany with divisions in his army Nazis in Italy Half Halt a million nazis are arc fightIng fightIng fighting fight- fight Ing in Italy and Hitler HiUer evidently has decided to defend Rome with the same came obstinacy as Stalingrad But allied leaders are confident of success and reinforcements are arc pouring in from Africa Other m main a I n highlights of Churchill's first w war r review since the Teheran and Cairo conferences conferences confer confer- Air offensive The Ui Uc S. S bomber force in hi Britain now begins to surpass our own and soon wilt will be substantially greater still This air campaign against Germany Germany- the he f foundation n for or invasion and I our chief offensive effort eUort at present pres pres- ent ent will will reach a scale far ar beyond beyond beyond be be- yond the dimensions of anything which yet has been employed or indeed imagined with range long-range hitting Germany from Italy as well as Britain Retaliation The Germans are preparing on the French shore new means mean of attack on this Utis country either cither by aircraft or possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly rockets or both on considerable consid consid- erable scale but vigilant nt allied air commands are arc striking at all aU evidences of these preparations Great American Force Forc Invasion While the British and American forces will be relatively equal at the outset if it this battle is prolonged the continuous us flow of ot Americans would make their theIr- force Corce hc greater greate Italy The forces in the brIdgehead bridgehead bridgehead bridge brIdge- head are arc well welt matched but weare we WC weare are definitely stronger in artillery and armor and air power The fact there are something like half naif a million Germans now now- in Italy is ls not unwelcome to the al allie allies al- al lie lies giving the opportunity to fig fight t the nazis We have sufficient sufficient forces Corces at our disposal in Africa Africa Af Af- Af- Af rica to nourish the struggle as fast as they can be transported across the Mediterranean Japan The air power of Japan also is being overmatched and worn down and Japans Japan's production production tion Uon is incomparably 1 small com com- Continued on PARC Pg Two Column Two Germans Face Greater Blows From Allies Churchill Says Continued c from PaSS PM On One pared with that of the great powers powers powers pow pow- ers Japan has assailed Naval British action alone ha has sunk 19 enemy warships and many auxiliaries s since sinO January 1 I 1913 1943 and half halt the U-boats U known to have been destroyed and was largely responsible for tor sinking enemy merchantmen The royal navy in the same period lost 95 warships by disablement and officers and men of the royal navy I and of ot the merchant marine Yugoslavia Marshal Josip Broz Tito and his partisans more than strong are engaging at least 14 of the 20 German divisions divisions divi divi- in the Balkans Reports Cooperation Churchill said it had been asked whether articles in soviet newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers implied a l off cooling in Russian Anglo-Russian or Rus American sian friendship and a rebirth of suspicion The house cheered as he added I cI 1 feel fully entitled to reassure the house on that Important point The allies ames ho declared are Clare equally resolved to pursue the wa waat war at whatever cost coat t to a victorious conclusion and th they y believe that thata a a. wide field of friendly y c pe a- a tion lies before them after atter the tho destruction destruction de de- ae- ae of Germany Britain is 13 Inte intensely sely interested in hi maintaining Polands Poland's independence ence the prime minister continued and js is s convinced that repeated ed Moscow declarations for a strong ind independent pende Poland represent the settled policy polley of the soviet union c I I have intense sympathy fo for forthe forthe I the Poles but I also have sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy with the Russian standpoint standpoint stand stand- p point int he added au I cannot feel that Russia's demand demand demand de de- de- de mand for tor reassurance about her western frontier gees gee's goes goc beyond the limits of what Is reasonable or just Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden is working with the Poles seeking a working agreement pending a postwar boundary settlement and anda a new statement may be made soon the prime minister continued ed Churchill was in good humor and e evoked frequent applause and laughter laughter-as as he reassured the house of the the progress progress of the war in Italy at sea and in the air I Long range Long range bombers from Britain Britain Brit Brit- am ain and Italy will reach into every part of Germany to smash and destroy German munitions he as as- as Answering a questioner before I starting his war review the prime minister sa said d that a scale large-scale system of short hort leaves proposed to bring overseas troops home for fora a rest and then send them back was entirely beyond our means of transportation The diThe Anglo-American Anglo air attack on Germany must be regarded as our our chi chief t offensive effort at present present pres pres- ent he said sald I The h honor nor of bombing Berlin I has fallen almost entirely on us I Excluding dominion and allied I squadrons working with the R RAF A F the British Isles lost pilots and air crews killed and o missing and more than aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft since the war began and made nearly pearly sorties Bortles in the north European theater The spring and summer will show a vast increase in the force of attacks Hacks directed on military targets in Germany and Germano German- German o occupied c le countries We Ve look for very great restriction restriction restriction tion and dislocation of German supplies no matter matte where their factories have been with with- drawn The whole of this air offensive constitutes the foundation upon upon which our plans for the overseas I invasion stand Th The scale of at the attacks will r reach each far beyond the dimensions o of ot f anything which yet has been e employed or indeed imagined Disavowing any intention to b bo be dissuaded from the full use of b bombing Churchill declared The idea that we should f fetter o or r further restrict the use of ot this op p prime ot rime instrument for shortening t the he war will not be accepted by bythe t the he governments of the united na na- na- na t The house cheered as Churchill added that this time last year he was deeply anxious about the s situation in Tunisia where we had j just sustained an unpleasant check at pass pass but but I placed my confidence then in General Alexander and In in the B British lUsh French and arid American troops who were engaged in battle and that thatis i is s hOW 1 b it now |
