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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1940
London, Berlin Trade Death Blows In Air Raids
By Joe Alex Morris United Press News Editor
London and Berlin traded the heaviest air raids of the war last night and early today in a sudden intensification of warfare which British sources believed was preliminary to an Axis blow in the Balkans and Middle East.
Tension heightened in the Far East. Americans were advised to get out of Japan, China, Manchukuo, Indo-China and Hong Kong.
The German attack on London was ferocious. It was matched only by the Royal Air Force assault on Berlin which
was the longest of the war and caused at least 20 casualties.
The British air ministry reported more than 100 heavy bombs were hurled at the German capital's three main power stations, and freight yards at Tempelhof were set afire. British planes roared over Berlin for nearly five hours. Berlin residents saw huge fires spring up and heard the crunch of heavy bombs and a continuous roar of anti-aircraft fire. Fire Fires in Berlin
Berlin was not the only target of the R.A.F. Another blow was aimed at the great Fokker aircraft works in
Five Fires in Berlin
At one time five great fires raged in Berlin. Some of these still burned two hours after they had started. German sources admitted that warehouses and railroads were hit and claimed to have brought down one British bomber.
Amsterdam which was attacked for the second time within a week. The invasion coast of France and the Low Countries was spattered with bombs.
Other squadrons attacked the Wilhelmshaven naval base and the great network of railroad communications which feeds and supplies the Germa advanced forces in northern France.
The German assault on London apparently was more ferocious than any of the long series since mass bombing of the great city started 32 days ago.
German bombs fell throughout the night. Then after the longest night warning of the campaign a new daylight attack was delivered only 90 minutes after the all clear had sounded.
Shell Across Channel
Along the ..nglish channel coast
German guns suddenly launched a continuous bombardment of the English shore. Shells exploded every three minutes. After an interval the British long-range guns spoke back, plastering the coast along which German gun emplacements have been built.
Some of London's most famous buildings were hit and badly damaged in the long attack, but specific mention of structures was not permitted immediately.
Bombs smashed in 35 separate London areas. They fell also in Liverpool, on cities of the south, southwest and southwest coasts. They fell in Scotland and Wales. One important industrial plant in southeast Britain was damaged
Bomb 35 London Areas
The British view of the sudden fury of the German attack was that
it was designed to keep the British strength concentrated at home while the axis thrusts at the Empire by way of the Baikans and the Middle East. Simultaneously, it was expected that Japan would move in the Far East.
Re-open Burma Road
Preparation for a blow in the Far East were widespread today. The British advised the Japanese that they are reopening the Burma route for supplies to China. At the same time American residents in most of the Far East were being advised to get out by American consuls. Similar advices, it was learned, went to British residents.
It was indicated that the move was designed to clear the decks for whatever action Japan might be taken in the Far East.
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