Employment of German Air Forces on the lines envisaged in the Questionnaire. 7. Certain general factors affect the operation of German air forces in any of the cases considered in the Questionnaire. These factors are discussed in Appendix "B". Question (b). How soon could German air-borne troops be established in Sicily and in what numbers? 8. We consider that air-borne troops could not be landed in Sicily earlier than the 5th day. The maximum numbers that could be landed on this day would be 3,000 fully equipped troops with a proportion of light artillery.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- France Germany Greece Italy Malta Sardinia Sicily
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/99/27
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/99
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0099.027
- Keywords
- Predicting Enemy Intentions German Strategy German-italian Relations German Army Troop Movements Military Dispositions German Air Force Airfields
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Geheime Staatspolizei Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Planning Staff
- Pages
- 9
- Persons Discussed
- Francis Davidson C Edwards John Godfrey
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations
