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that he has broken off relations with Berlin
and asked the Swedes for a foreigner's
passport. Foreign workers in Cologne help
to circulate leaflets. German housewives
have been warned for a reduction in fuel
supplies. 25 square miles of the isle of
Walcheren have now been flooded.
3000 heavy bombers from England, France and
Italy escorted by more than 1500
fighters today carried out the greatest
air assault of the war against Germany.
1400 Flying Fortresses and Liberators flew
from England to attack a.o. 6 synthetic
oil plants, chemical and explosive works.
700 Lancasters and Halifaxes bombed
Emmerich and Kleve. 200 Lancasters
attacked the dyke on the southern end of
Walcheren near Flushing so that the floods
may link up. 700 Fortresses and Liberators
flew from Italy to bomb oil refineries
at Vienna and railway yards north and
west of Budapest, tank factories,
fighter depots and aircraft engine
factories were also attacked. A correspondent
said that today's blow is not the
heaviest we can strike. This war report
was introduces by Joseph Macleod
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