Newspaper cuttings - three articles about bombing of Le Havre

Newspaper cuttings - three articles about bombing of Le Havre

Explains might of allied air fleets unleashed for final battles of Havre, the channel ports and the Siegfried line. Bomber command Lancasters dropped over 1000 tons of bombs on Le Havre. German commander rejected surrender ultimatum.

Three newspaper cuttings

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1,000 TONS S[missing words] DOWN ON HAVRE

Naval action reported: Brest blitzed

CONCENTRATED might of the Allied air fleets was unleashed for the final battles of Havre, the Channel ports and the Siegfried Line yesterday as Allied armies massed on the German frontiers for the grand assault on the Reich

After the Germans in Havre had been given one last chance to surrender and had turned it down, more than a thousand tons of bombs were dropped before nightfall by R.A.F. Lancasters on positions round the fortress town.

The bombers went over wave after wave for two hours. Other Lancasters bombed Brest.


Thousand tons on Havre

BOMBER Command Lancasters dropped well over 1,000 tons of bombs on the Nazi garrison at Le Havre last night.

Attacks followed one another at 20-minute intervals. Each raiding force was given a quarter of an hour to find its target, in case there should be cloud over Le Havre.

Then the next group of Lancasters took over.

The weather, however, was favourable. All crews were able to identify their aiming points visually and the bombing was highly concentrated, states the Air Ministry.


1,000 Tons On Le Havre

R A F Lancaster in “last light” yesterday rained more than 1,000 tons of bombs on Le Havre, while the German radios were announcing that the all-out attack on the port had begun.

The German commander rejected General Eisenhower’s surrender ultimatum and drastic steps to reduce the garrison have now begun.

Flying Fortresses yesterday bombed gun emplacements, fortified areas and strong points in the harbour of Brest.

Lancasters followed the Forts.