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Show Britain Has Chance To Win1 American Army officers, after spending several weeks in Great Britain, expresses the opinion that the war in Europe will be long-fought and they seem to think that the British have a chance to win. It is noted, along this line, that the British Navy, Army and Air Force have increased in strength since war began last year. The morale of the people on the beleaguered be-leaguered island continues firm. Hitler's invasion has not begun and optimism increases as to what will happen when it starts. The question now being cautiously cau-tiously discussed is, how can the British ever expect to win the war? It is pointed out that Germany Ger-many has the greater population, control of vast areas of subjugated subjugat-ed countries and the ability to unify continental resources for a bitter contest of endurance. This is undoubtedly true. To it one must add the superior strength of the Nazi air force and the overwhelming might of its army. The navy, it appears can be strengthened during the course of long war. What chance have the British? It should be understood, in considering con-sidering this problem, that Hitler's Hit-ler's amazing success has heen due largely to the surprise use of superior air strength. This is important im-portant because it opens the way r'or the British to defeat Germany which would cost millions of lives. If the British can equal, and then surpass the Nazi air force, they will be able to pound Germany, Ger-many, from center to circumference. circumfer-ence. With the fleet tightening the blockade, which will weaken Germany industrially, and bombers bomb-ers giving Germany the "London-treatment," "London-treatment," the chances are that the Nazis will cry "Kamerad!" Now, the United States, and the dominions, play an important role in the prospects of British air supremacy. With British produc-tioi produc-tioi of planes maintained as high as possible,, with this country making available its plant resources re-sources and the dominions attending at-tending to the training of pilots as well as bolstering plane production, produc-tion, there seems no reason to doubt the probability of British supremacy in a year or two. |