France. 12. An attack on France, if carried out in collaboration with Germany, would contribute to a speedy Axis victory. The Italian people might be encouraged by the prospect of recovering Nice and Savoy. On the other hand, this would be a difficult and costly operation unless strongly supported by the Germans and the brunt of the War would fall on the weakest arm, i.e. the Army. A reverse might also bring the war into Italy which would result in Italy having to call upon German help. This would enable the latter to impose her terms.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Albania Balearic Islands British Somaliland Bulgaria Corsica Crete Egypt France Germany Gibraltar Greece Italian East Africa Italy Malta Somaliland Spain Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/97/21
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 81/97
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0097.021
- Keywords
- Predicting Enemy Intentions Italian Armed Forces Royal Navy Naval Warfare Combined Operations Imperial Defence Axis Strategy
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 3
- Persons Discussed
- Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt Victor Cavendish-Bentinck John Godfrey
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
