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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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British forces repel intense German air raids on London, Liverpool, and other sites with heavy anti-aircraft fire, while RAF bombs German cities and naval preparations. Churchill highlights German invasion buildup in the Channel, shelled by British ships.
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London's anti-aircraft guns set up what the British called the heaviest barrage in history to keep away Berlin's threatened 10,000 bombs-a-day war on England (1). Berlin claimed its guns chased Royal Air Force planes away after a 92-minute raid. The Germans also claimed that their war planes bombed Liverpool (2) as well as the Woolwich arsenal and a power station at Beckton, and that another plane squadron split up a convoy at Thames Estuary (3). German big guns thundered across the Channel (4). British coastal batteries replied. The British asserted their planes flew across and bombed the German guns into silence. Prime Minister Churchill described concentration of German boats along the Channel for an attempted invasion and said that British naval craft had gone out and shelled them (5). The RAF bombed Hamburg and Bremen (6).
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London's anti-aircraft guns created the heaviest barrage in history to repel Berlin's threatened 10,000 bombs-a-day on England. Berlin claimed repelling RAF after 92-minute raid and bombing Liverpool, Woolwich arsenal, Beckton power station, and disrupting Thames Estuary convoy. German guns fired across Channel; British replied and bombed them silent. Churchill noted German boats concentrating for invasion, shelled by British naval craft. RAF bombed Hamburg and Bremen.