6. The Japanese Navy consists of ten capital ships, eight aircraft carriers, and a number of cruisers and light craft. The Japanese have considerable experience of combined operations. They have sufficient good merchant ships to lift, at one time, some six divisions and the necessary air Personnel and equipment. (paragraph 15). The distances from Japanese bases to their probable objectives are great (see Appendix A). It is estimated, however, that a direct attack on the Malay Peninsula could develope within 9 days of the sailing of an expedition.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Australia Burma China Dutch East Indies Formosa France Germany Great Britain Holland India Indochina Japan Malaya Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Russia Singapore Taiwan Thailand United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/101/58
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/101
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0101.058
- Keywords
- Threat Of War With Japan Japanese Strategy Predicting Enemy Intentions Axis War Aims Assessing Enemy Strength Japanese Foreign Policy Resources Politics Economy Japanese Navy Japanese Air Force Japanese Army Contingency Planning Geographic Intelligence
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Axis Planning Section Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Planning Staff
- Pages
- 20
- Persons Discussed
- Stephen Shoosmith
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
