THURSDAY, 22 JULY 1943
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
The results of the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive
(CBO)
are good according to a report of the British Joint Intelligence
Commit-
tee. The report maintains the CBO has caused Germany to adopt a
defensive
air strategy resulting in more than half its fighter strength being
employed on the Western Front at the expense of the Eastern and
Mediter-
ranean Fronts as well as causing considerable damage to
transportation,
the synthetic rubber industry, and the fuel, iron, and coal
industries of
the Ruhr.
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