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Show Eaker Says Bombers Will Win Brigadier-General Ira C. Eaker, Chief of the U. S. Bomber Command Com-mand in Great Britain, believes that Germany can be destroyed from the air and says that there will soon be enough airdromes in Britain to undertake the job. The General explains his the-or the-or by pointing out that the destruction de-struction of the enemy's aircraft factories will eventually wipe out his air force, the bombing of his munitions plants and transportation trans-portation centers will stop his armies and, by destroying his shipyards, it will be impossible for him to build new submarines. This is certainly a sensible view of the functions of the bomber command. It recognizes the nature of the present war which involves a coordination of production and transportation with the fighting forces. "There is nothing that can be destroyed by a gun that cannot be destroyed by bombs," says General Eaker. He says that in the next few months the British and Americans, operating by night and by day, will carry destruction de-struction to all parts of Germany. The German U-boat campaign throughout the war has been an attack upon transportation facilities fa-cilities of the United Nations. It has seriously interfered with the Allied war effort. Germany is not vulnerable to submarine attack but a thorough bombing campaign can inflict damage on Germany's transportation facilities. facili-ties. In bombing aircraft factories, port facilities and other industrial indus-trial areas, the bombers are striking strik-ing at the backbone of a modern army. Every bomb that explodes cuts down the productive output and, in time, weakens the fighting fight-ing strength of the Army itself. |