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United Kingdom. German Action Against: Note by J.I.C. Covering Report by Special Inter-Service Cttee. Appointed on Instructions of C.O.S. Possible New Weapons and New Methods of Warfare. - Appendix 'A'

1 May 1940

the light of his grand plan, might prove decisive in themselves; if they show signs of doing so they will be pressed home and their results exploited to the full. But the probability is that these operations will be conceived as diversions, primarily designed to dissipate the forces with which we could effectively protect the enemy's ultimate objective. Such operations are likely to include:(a) Bombing attacks from the East and South on points vital from either the material or the moral point of view, or from both.
united kingdom france belgium germany artillery chemical warfare biological warfare ireland netherlands nuclear warfare rockets switzerland england second world war military intelligence adolf hitler poison gas blitzkrieg paratroopers joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff weapons technology atomic warfare british domestic security frederick beaumont-nesbitt victor cavendish-bentinck fifth columnists secret weapons predicting enemy intentions invasion preparations german strategy john godfrey amphibious operations german airborne troops gliders counter-attacks
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Belgium England France Germany Ireland Netherlands Switzerland United Kingdom
Document Reference
CAB 81/97/11
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/97
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0097.011
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions Blitzkrieg German Strategy Counter-attacks Biological Warfare Chemical Warfare Poison Gas Atomic Warfare Secret Weapons Fifth Columnists Paratroopers Amphibious Operations Gliders Artillery Rockets Invasion Preparations German Airborne Troops
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
11
Persons Discussed
Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt Victor Cavendish-Bentinck John Godfrey Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Memoranda. May - July 1940. Papers Numbers. JIC 71-194. Volume VII
Themes
British Domestic Security Military Intelligence Weapons Technology Nuclear Warfare

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