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Invasion: Home Security Measures to Meet the Threat of. Note by Secy.

1 Jan 1941

imposing checks at road blocks. These precautions, when enforced, would cause some re-evacuation of the population and would warn those who remained of impending danger. It would, however, take about 96 hours to evacuate the remaining 40% and it was most unlikely that we should get more than a few hours' notice of impending invasion. In view of this SIR ALAN BROOKE stressed the importance of enforcing the "stay put" policy, unless or until final evacuation was ordered. Our experience in France and Belgium had shown the danger of allowing the tide of evacuation to start, only to find it stemmed or turned by the arrival in rear of air-borne troops, by the activities of armoured formations or by the interruption of road communications by bombing.
security france belgium evacuation england second world war defence joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff british domestic security invasion threat invasion preparations alan brooke c edwards
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Belgium England France
Document Reference
CAB 81/100/16
Document Types
Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 81/100
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0100.016
Keywords
Defence Security Invasion Threat Evacuation Invasion Preparations
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
2
Persons Discussed
Alan Brooke C Edwards
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
British Domestic Security

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