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Germany's next Move. Report

1 May 1940

6. Without depleting her forces on other fronts, or in the East and South-East, Germany will therefore have 65 to 70 infantry and motorised divisions available for further operations against the French field Army. Owing to the destruction of communications, the collection of supplies and maintenance of a large number of infantry divisions will present difficulties, and Germany may have to continue to rely largely on armoured forces supported by motorised divisions for initiating operations in France in the immediate future.
france belgium germany great britain second world war east germany casualties military intelligence tanks battle of france joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff victor cavendish-bentinck german army military strength invasion of france predicting enemy intentions german navy german air force german strategy assessing enemy strength german war aims
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Belgium East Germany France Germany Great Britain
Document Reference
CAB 81/97/25
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/97
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0097.025
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions German War Aims German Strategy Assessing Enemy Strength German Army Tanks German Air Force German Navy Battle Of France Casualties Military Strength Invasion Of France
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
5
Persons Discussed
Victor Cavendish-Bentinck
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Memoranda. May - July 1940. Papers Numbers. JIC 71-194. Volume VII
Themes
Military Intelligence

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