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...indiscriminate bombing of Berlin despite urgent popular pull for it, the R. A. F. further pointed out that it had bombed scores of authentic military objectives, such as potential jumping-off spots for an invasion, railroad centres like Hamm, Ehrang (near Trier), Osnabrück, Brussels, air bases at Norderney and Den Helder, industrial plants like Bremen's Deutsche Schiffund Maschinenbau (shipbuilding), and three of Berlin's railroad terminals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE AIR: Two Teeth For One | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

...technique at which the Germans excel and a cardinal practice of the U. S. Air Corps' doctrine: "Find 'em, fix 'em and fight 'em." At Rouen, Merville and Schiphol (Amsterdam), concentrations of German aircraft were destroyed, including troop-carrying groups. At Borkum, Brunsbiittel and Norderney, the Fleet Air Arm joined in trying to disperse the tornado that is coming Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Battle of Britain | 7/1/1940 | See Source »

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