The general picture remained the same. Accuracy was no better. The centre of attention, as before, was London. Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester were bombed, too, but the strikes were relatively infrequent and weak. The ports in Liverpool and Glasgow are intact. Industry in London and the provinces has suffered little. The Germans have had no luck with ‘military targets’. And yet, many households were destroyed, picture theatres, shops, hospitals, etc. The London port has become considerably emptier: because of the air offensive against the capital city, maritime traffic is concentrated to an ever greater extent on the western coast, mostly in Liverpool and Glasgow.

It’s now absolutely clear that the Germans have decided to cease using bombers by day: the losses are too great. They are now sending fighters (Messerschmitt 109 and 110) instead of bombers during daylight hours. Even though a fighter can carry only 10% of a bomber’s load, it is faster and swifter, and it is easier for a fighter to break through to London and escape British interceptors. In consequence, German losses have decreased considerably, but their strike power has been seriously weakened.