supported by such sea-borne troops as could be got through. It was thought that the latter would be limited to single ships slipped through or to small convoys to exploit any bridgehead gained by the airborne troops. Shipping for a sea-borne expedition is available now. There would be no difficulty in finding sufficient Italian troops from the thirty-four divisions at present in the Balkan area; but of five German divisions there, one is in Crete, one in Salonika and three in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Bulgaria Crete Cyprus France Germany Greece Russia Syria Turkey Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/103/51
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/103
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0103.051
- Keywords
- Imperial Defence Contingency Planning Axis Strategy Paratroopers Invasion Threat Shipping Naval Operations German Air Force Ports
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Planning Staff
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson John Godfrey Francis Inglis Stephen Shoosmith
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
