-5- Holland, France), for the purpose of warding off enemy air attacks and also for the purpose of facillitating the attacks on England, with the maximum degree of military efficiency. The strength of the British air arm attained so far by deliveries from the U. S. A. will be more than equalized by the portions of the German air force that have been tied up on the eastern front up to that time. III. 1. The offensive preparations of' England and the U.S. A. during the winter months of 1940-41 haaave not led to any active military operations against Gemany or in any other theater of war. Fears were felt that during March the English-American air offensives on a large scale would be started, that is, that they would be executed day in and day out against the highly sensitive industtrial centers of western Germany. England's military incapacity allowed the liqiudation of the unexpectedly changed Balkan situation, which, following the failure of the Italian armies, (defeats in Albania and Africa), could be prepared for by Germany undisturbed during the winter months and could be executed in March and April. This ame English and American weakness permits the liquidation of Soviet Russia, and likewise the concentration |