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Bombing Blitz Fails to Level ‘London Town’ If the people of London had not been tough enough to endure the terrible bombing raids that scourged the metropolis almost nightly from August, 1940, until May, 1941, the Battle of Britain probably would have been lost in that black period. Had the capital city faltered, the rest of Britain would have been tempted to weaken, and a demand for peace arisen. But the stern- willed Londoners took the worst that the German Luftwaffe could hurl at them. They picked up their wound¬ ed and dead, put out the fires, cleared the streets and "carried on.” On September 2 the Germans sent 700 planes over the city in an at¬ tempt to knock out resistance quick¬ ly. September 6 there were seven raids within 24 hours. So it went, day after day. During August 1,075 civilians were killed in London, and 1,261 injured. When the blitz was stepped up in September, these August losses seemed small. Three hundred and six persons were killed on September 7 and 528 on Sep¬ tember 8. As the autumn went on, the death toll mounted to thousands, and the injured to many thousands. Fires raged continually. Whole blocks of buildings were destroyed. Ancient landmarks went down in heaps of rubble. Londoners spent every night in uncomfortable air raid shelters. Women and children were moved to the country. Britain Strikes Back. Meanwhile, however, Britain was striking back. The small but excel¬ lent Royal Air force, equipped with a superior fighting plane, the Spit¬ fire, was knocking out many lightly armored German bombers and fight¬ ers. RAF defensive tactics proved so successful that the German air marshals began to realize that the Luftwaffe could not sustain such losses as it had been taking. On the memorable Sunday of September 15, British Spitfires shot down 185 Nazi planes out of a swarm of 400. That victory turned the tide. Soon there¬ after the Germans tapered off their daylight raids and turned to night bombing. For this terror too the Lon¬ don defenders were ready. With searchlights and anti-aircraft guns they blasted the German raiders from the skies, although the olty suffered severely from thousands of bombs that were dropped In spite of the valiant defenders. The RAF soon met the threat with a new plane de¬ signed for night flying. Radar locators were also employed successfully to warn of raids. So all through the winter of 1940-41 the people of London held grimly on, keeping up their courage while ugly death was always very close. Several times in those cold dark months invasion appeared immi¬ nent. The winter fogs gave some res¬ pite, but by the middle of March the day and night attacks were again in full swing. In May the last tremendous effort came. London had a two-day raid on May 10 and 11, and again on the 16th an attack of lesser intensity. Soon after this It was noted that German planes were skirting the city, aware of its increasingly for¬ midable defenses. The RAF was growing constantly, and American aid was beginning to be evident. While London has been bombed fre¬ quently since May of 1941, there have been no more knockout at¬ tempts. London survived the full fury of the dread German air force through the bulldog courage of the common people, and the valor of the Royal Air force. Quebec Conference Planned New Steps After Italy’s Fall With U. S. and British armies having driven the enemy into the Mediterranean, and Italy shaking off Mussolini’s grasp to step out of the war, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met again at Que¬ bec in August, 1943, for a review of operations in the light of the favor¬ able advances. With U. S. and British forces fight¬ ing side by side in the ever widen¬ ing field of operations, conferees placed emphasis upon the two coun¬ trios, unity in the political as well as the military spheres for the suc¬ cessful consummation of war aims. Groundwork was laid for a confer¬ ence with Premier Stalin of Russia for a canvass of the entire Euro¬ pean war situation. Patronize our Advertizers! Panzer Divisions March Into Poland To Start Real War Early in the morning of Septem¬ ber 1, 1939 Nazi panzer divisions crossed the border into Poland and ’‘officially” started World War II. Hitler had already negotiated the controversial neutrality pact with Russ ; a and had that protection aga.'u i interference with his plans In i * east In the west, the French w e * ' reached behind the “im- pi v „nable" Maginot line and thought they were safe no matter what hap¬ pened. Poland, weak and isolated, with a large army that was composed mostly of cavalry regiments and foot soldiers, was no match for the lightning-like thrusts of the mech¬ anized divisions that Hitler sent into battle. The Poles, cut off from any possible aid from Great Britain and France, were doomed. Less than a month of fighting was all that the Germans needed to capture the country. The “blitzkrieg” had won the first of its many battles. By October, the Germans could now turn their attention to France, crouched behind its walls of fortifi¬ cations and oblivious to the threat of conquest from around the ends of the Maginot line. Occupation of Norway. But before he could deal with France, Hitler had to attend to the possible threats from the north, where Great Britain might have been able to land troops in Norway or Sweden and sweep down on an unprotected flank. Therefore, the Germans occupied Denmark and then Norway, beating down the feeble resistance that those peace- loving countries were able to mar¬ shal. It was all so ridiculously easy. By May, 1940, the battle plans of the Germans were set and the “blitzkrieg'' moved again—this time Striking the Netherlands and Bel¬ gium in quick succession, moving on to France, and just missing the British army of occupation at Dun¬ kirk. Hitler's divisions attacked from all directions, his tanks and panzers blasting everything in their path after the Luftwaffe had pre¬ pared the way by blasting the en¬ emy's airdromes and defenses. Heavy and medium bombers ranged behind the front lines, where dive bombers “pin-pointed" the targets into destruction. Tanks roared through the holes cut in the enemy lines and then fanned out be¬ hind the front lines, cutting commu¬ nications, and blasting strong points that were only meant to stop in¬ fantry and which couldn't stand yp against cannon-bearing mechanical monsters. First Phase Ends. Then the infantry followed the tanks, but it was motorized infantry that covered 50 to 60 miles a day and consolidated the tank’s gains be¬ fore the disorganized foot troops facing them could be rallied. Fresh waves of infantry followed and an¬ nihilated all resistance and set up a Nazi government in the conquered territory. In less time than it took to conquer Poland, the Germans had awept everything in northern Europe before them. The first phase of the war was over. * • * RAF Stalls Nazis; Britain ‘Holds On’ After France Falls The jubilant Nazi government thought that with the fall of France, Great Britain would sue for peace and the short, cheap war that had been so carefully planned would be over. But Winston Churchill had become prime minister of Britain. Germany had gained the support of Italy through the famous “stab in the back” when the Italians de¬ clared war on France just in time to get in on the kill. With that aid in the south, and the fact that a British army had just escaped anni- hilation, Hitler could not be blamed for thinking England would ask for peace. But Hitler did not reckon on Churchill. Here was a leader who won his people not with glib prom¬ ises and fair speech, but with the promise of nothing but “blood, sweat and tears” and told them bluntly to get ready to defend their homeland “in the streets, and on the beaches” and in the heart of their big cities against the invasion that was sure to come from the continent. Night after night, in monotonous regularity, the big German bombers took off from dozens of fields In France and Germany and thundered across to England, blasting ports and naval bases, industrial centers and London in the vain attempt to bring “that nation of shopkeepers” to its knees. It was the supreme effort. But it was thwarted by the gallant efforts of the Royal Air force in a battle against the most terrific odds any armed force could possibly face. The RAF was short of planes, of ammunition, of pilots, of bombs— in short, it was short of everything except the indomitable courage of baby-faced youngsters and middle- aged oldsters who took to the air night after night to shoot down an incredible number of German planes and convince Hitler that the cost of an aarial invasion was too high and that he would never win the war groin the air. Jteaew Tour Subscription! THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1945- At Gates of Stalingrad The siege of Stalingrad and its defense by every man, woman and child in the Red city, will always be considered as a classic of the war. No city in history ever withstood such a powerful siege. It proved the turning point in the war between Russia and Germany. Submarine Warfare Whipped ..... • ......... . ... ■ \ -w""'"■ 1. 7* / ■-. % • j ■ : ' . . VJ At the start of the war considerable damage was done by submarines as shown in the towering pillar of smoke which announced the end of one of the cargo ships. Use of convoys and strong air protection to¬ gether with the use of secret weapons whipped the submarine menace after many fateful months. Then the full strength of U. S. productive power poured in a constant stream across the Atlantic to the preinvasion bases. William M. Doyle, Pioneer Citizen, Dies At New England The people of Dade County were saddened by the announce¬ ment of the death of William M. Doyle, which occurred at the home of his son, Raymond Doyle, Tuesday morning at 3 o’clock, at New England. Mr. Doyle was a member of a prominent pioneer family, the son of “Uncle” Jake Doyle, and Mrs. Doyle, and is a native of Dade County. The passing of William Doyle removes another of Dade’s life¬ long citizens, who have been a- part of the life of our county, always ready to assist in any re¬ ligious and social movement for the benefit of humanity, and his passing will leave a vacancy that will be hard to fill in his com¬ munity. The deceased leaves to survive his passing, one son, Raymond Doyle, of New England; five brothers, John Doyle, of White- side, Tenn.; J E. Doyle, of Chat¬ tanooga; Grover C. Doyle, of Washington, D. C.; Joe Doyle and A. S. Doyle of Trenton; two sisters, Mrs. Harriett Keef, of Whiteside, Tenn., and Mrs. J. W. Pennington, of Detroit, Mich., and four grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct¬ ed by Rev D. W. Crawford and Rev. J. E. Merrill, and interment was in Sarah’s Chapel cemetery near Morganville. CITATION GEORGIA, DADE COUNTY WHEREAS, J. Lj Fricks, Ad¬ ministrator of Miss Juliet C. Branham represents to the Court in his petition, duly filed and entered on record, that he has fully administered Miss Juliet C Branham estate. This s therefore to cite all persons concerned, kindred and credi- ors, to show cause, af any they can, why said Administrator 'hould not be discharged from his administration, and receive etters of dismission, on the tirst Monday in June, 1945. J. M. CARROLL, ordinary. Cpl. Rollie Moore Hailed By Aircraft Authorities For Outstanding Service AN AIR SERVICE COMMAND DEPOT, England__Hailed by leading civilian aircraft authori¬ ties for scoring one of the out¬ standing production triumphs of the war, Cpl. Rollie Moore, of Rising Fawn, and his fellow technicians at an Air Service Command Depot in England, re¬ cently overhauled their 2,500th Rolls-Royce engine after one year of operation. ! A cablegram from the heads of the Packard Motor Car Co., j congratulating the men in Cpl. Moore’s engine overhaul hangar told them that their sensational record had “topped that of any other depot by 1500 engines.” Constructing scores of new, production - speeding machines and testing devices, Cpl. Moore and other specialists at the han¬ gar halved the 500 hours once required to overhaul and reas¬ semble the engine’s 14,000 parts, while increasing the combat ser¬ vice time of each overhauled en¬ gine from 90 to 200 hours. Cpl. Moore is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W r . J. Moore, Route 3, Rising Fawn. He was employed by the government before join- the armed forces in August of 1941. ATTENTION BOYS and GILS SELL PATRIOTIC AND RELIGIOUS MOTTOES IN YOUR SPARE TIME! 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Mr. Dick served as regimental supply officer with the 64th Coast Artillery in France. A for¬ mer commander of the Georgia Department of the American Le¬ gion, he is at present national executive committeeman. He also is chairman of State Vet¬ erans’ Advisory Committee, a member of the Military Order of World Wars and chairman of the War Memorial Committee for World War IL One son, S/Sgt. Jackson P. Dick, Jr., is with the Army Air Forces in Burma, and the other, Lt Henry A. Dick, is with the 75th Division In Germany. "RAILWAYS BOMBSHELLS*^ ARE JREAPYIK3. UPPER MIDDLE DVPL&te00M?T7X~ DECK DECK 3W COST PRIVACY IN 1NPMPUAL ROOMS, EAdt , Ulrw -TOILET FACILITIES, DISAPPEARING BEDS, INDtVlPU/tUy CONTROLEP HEATING, AIR- ~ ~ CONDITIONING-^ 1 LOWER ’’ll COACH-- CAPACITY ROOM 1 / SEATS, F SPINS LIGHTS, PRIVATE/ ,6AME SECTIONS..... ..rrUtV ^REE-TlEft. 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