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Tunisia: Possible German Action against. Report by J.I.C.

1 Jan 1941

5. The German Air Squadrons in Sicily have so far carried out three large scale attacks, the first against the Fleet, the second against the Fleet and Malta dockyard, and the third against our aerodromes in Malta. it least 60 aircraft have taken part in each attack and in these three attacks the enemy has lost between 20 and 30 aircraft with more damaged, including a number on the ground. 6. There is no evidence that the Axis have taken a decision immediately to denounce the Armistice with the French.
france malta tunisia united states of america germany italy spain sicily second world war military intelligence joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff victor cavendish-bentinck denis capel-dunn german army predicting enemy intentions german air force german strategy assessing enemy strength troop movements phillipe pétain
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
France Germany Italy Malta Sicily Spain Tunisia United States of America
Document Reference
CAB 81/100/12
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/100
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0100.012
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions German Strategy German Army Troop Movements German Air Force Assessing Enemy Strength
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
5
Persons Discussed
Denis Capel-Dunn Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Phillipe Pétain
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Memoranda. 15th January - 12th March 1941. Papers Numbers. JIC 23-99. Volume X
Themes
Military Intelligence

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