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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Success of 7th War Loan Seen
By Jackson Dick, New Chairman
Ja< kson P. Dick, new chair¬
man of the Georgia War Finance
JACKSON P. DICK
New War Loan Chief
Committee which Is charged
with raising $121,000,000 in the
Seventh War Loan, is a veteran
of World War I and haB a big
stake in financing this one—two
sons overseas.
“We have a big Job to do In
thl 3 campaign,” Mr. Dick said,
“but past experience shows that
we Georgians do more than we
are asked, so I have no doubt as
to the outcome." Mr. Dick has
been closely identified with the
war financing program and
served as chairman of the At¬
lanta area during the previous
campaign.
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.
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