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Rumours of a Military Nature Intended to Mystify and Mislead the Enemy. Note by Secy.

1 Apr 1941

Serial No. Suggestions Submitted by Remarks of I.S.S.B. 2. contd. GERMANY (b) "As a result of the Crete campaign, Keitel has told contd. Hitler that the invasion of England is an impossibility" P.I.D. Not recommended, owing to possible undesirable boomerang effect. (c) "Goering said, on the third day of the battle of Crete, 'If we can't take Crete in three days, we can't take England in three years'." (d) "On the seventh day of the battle of Crete the Germans lost the last of the original 800 Stuka pilots." (e) "The invasion of Crete was not announced for four days because the High Command wanted to be certain this time, You know what happened in Iceland." (f) "Raeder has been arrested for treason".
france iceland united states of america germany censorship denmark norway propaganda psychological warfare england crete second world war bombing deception adolf hitler joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff hermann göring franklin delano roosevelt commando raids inter-services security board german strategy rumours stephen shoosmith hess' mental condition
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Denmark England France Germany Iceland Norway United States of America
Document Reference
CAB 81/102/79
Document Types
Report Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 81/102
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0102.079
Keywords
Rumours Propaganda Deception Commando Raids German Strategy Bombing Hess' Mental Condition
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Inter-Services Security Board
Pages
5
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler Franklin Delano Roosevelt Stephen Shoosmith
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Memoranda. 22nd April - 10th June 1941. Papers Numbers. JIC 164-250. Volume XII
Themes
Propaganda Censorship Psychological Warfare

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