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...Target Practice...
...risks to be run, the first and most certain was losing the German Navy. Writing that off as a dead loss, the project was still worthwhile, provided Hermann Goring's air force was as all-powerful as rated. But Norway's coast is a nearer target for the R. A. F. than Germany's air bases at Sylt and in Helgoland Bight. Moreover, destruction of the German Fleet would leave the Allied navies more free to fight elsewhere to Germany's disadvantage...
...setting itself up as a board of efficiency experts, or drawing up a whole new plan for the Halls; likewise it postponed work on the problem of student waiters until it can find out more definitely how the undergraduates feel about it. Thus concentrating its fire on the nearest target, the Committee has made many a bullseye...
...There remains the question whether the Germans will try a limited coup on the flanks of the main Western Front for the advancement of their strategic position. Neither Belgium nor Switzerland offers a very tempting target. The water lines in the one case, the mountain ranges in the other, form a formidable obstacle to rapid penetration, while Allied reinforcement to either if attacked would be comparatively easy. An incomplete success might bring more complications than advantages to the invader...
...Holland is a more accessible and more vulnerable target, besides being more difficult of reinforcement by the Allies...