535-03 Page 71GUNS OF THE BRITISH NAVY have taken heavy toll of German
sea forces in action off Scandinavia and have been used on land
batteries. Apart from numerous small vessels and destroyers,
the Nazis have lost the cruiser Blucher and the Scharnhorst was
crippled by H.M.S. Renown.
THE EXPLOITS OF THE R.A.F. have been no less daring than those of the navy. In quick
succession flight after flight of bombers have blasted German concentrations on land and
sea at Bergen, Stavanger and other points. Here are raiders loading "gifts" for Hitler
W[THIN A FEW HOURS of
Germany's lightning assault
on Denmark and Norway, last April
9, the British navy and R.A.F. were
in the thick of battle hammering
enemy transports and warships,
blasting their airdromes. A day or
two later the first Allied troops had
been safely convoyed across the
perilous North Sea by the navy and
air force, and were fighting shoulder
to shoulder with the Norwegians.
Said the French premier: "The Allies
will carry the war in Scandinavia to
the bitter end from the northern tip
to the southernmost Norse coast"
FIRST LORD of the Admiralty,
Winston Churchill devotes every
waking minute to winning the war