To win and secure the beachheads of the Invasion, bombers, rocket guns, ponderous naval cannon will be neededihen infantry-borne bazookas, mortars, light assault guns to widen the foothold. Even before the beachheads are finally secured, field artillery will join in.
Cannon of basic design that goes back to the Civil War (when breechloaders were first used) will plow and batter the Continent, preparing it for the onward sweep of infantrymen and armor. Western Europe will quake then with cannonading greater than last week's Allied barrage at the Gustay Line. Artillery will determine the...