prepared to attempt invasion at present. Nevertheless their main object must remain the elimination of this country; their strategy must therefore be aimed at making it either ripe for invasion or willing to treat for peace. These two aims are complementary: both require a weakening of this country's HOME front, deterioration in its economic power and the sapping of its fighting strength. 5. In addition, Germany's strategy must aim at making herself invulnerable and at maintaining her army's claim to be invincible.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Abyssinia Albania Egypt France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Iceland Iraq Italy Japan Libya Norway Poland Portugal Russia Spain Syria Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vichy France Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/101/41
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/101
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0101.041
- Keywords
- German Strategy Predicting Enemy Intentions Invasion Of Yugoslavia German War Aims Economy Battle Of The Atlantic Aerial Attacks Psychology Contingency Planning Operation Barbarossa Invasion Of The Soviet Union
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Axis Planning Section Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 8
- Persons Discussed
- Adolf Hitler Stephen Shoosmith
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
