240 Special borrowing powers have been obtained to meet specific items of defence expenditure. 14. In Belgium the Army expenditure shows a heavy increase and the fortresses on the eastern frontier are being rapidly strengthened and brought up to date. 15. The Italian Army has been for the past six months on a war footing. In October last it was stated that 1,200,000 men were under arms, and further recruits have been called up since that date. The Italian Air Force is being rapidly and completely re-equipped and is also being enlarged.
- Collection ID
- CAB56
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Belgium France Germany Great Britain Japan United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 56/2/27
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 56/2
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab56.0002.027
- Keywords
- Armaments War Preparations Assessing Enemy Strength German Air Force Soviet Air Force German Navy French Air Force Manpower Red Army Japanese Army Japanese Navy Finances Military Spending
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Committee of Imperial Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 3
- Persons Discussed
- Leslie Hollis
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
