Indications of a German Collapse. Report by J.I.C.

3. Marked increase in the moral effect of Allied air raids, lack of co-operation in civil defence Whereas allied air raids once produced little more than a temporary reaction they have more recently engendered a sense of continuing anticipation. Fear has been added to shock. Nervous tension which was occasional and local has become constant and more widespread. Complete evidence is not yet available about the effects of the bombing of the dams and of the recent heavy raids on Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Essen and Wuppertal, but it is known that the comparatively light raid on Berlin on 1st/2nd March had a marked moral effect.