The probable scale of attack on Freetown. 11. We assume that we maintain control of the sea and that the French can neither land on the SIERRA LEONE coast nor move troops by sea to KONAKRY. 12. While local holding attacks on the SIERRA LEONE border might be made from FRENCH GUINEA the main thrusts would probably be as follows:(i) S.W. from TAMBACOUNDOU. This is a point on the DAKAR-BAMAKO railway about 300 miles from the SIERRA LEONE border. Possibly two Brigades from SENEGAL and the BAMAKO region might attack in this direction, picking up troops in FR.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Algeria Chad Dahomey France French Equatorial Africa French Guinea French Sudan French West Africa Gambia Great Britain Guinea Ivory Coast Liberia Morocco Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Sudan Tunisia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/98/183
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 81/98
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0098.183
- Keywords
- Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Vichy Regime Colonies Foreign Policy French Armed Forces Imperial Defence French Navy Warships French Army Colonial Troops French Air Force Aircraft Military Bases Fuel French Politics
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Planning Staff
- Pages
- 9
- Persons Discussed
- Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt Victor Cavendish-Bentinck C Edwards John Godfrey Stewart Menzies
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations
