force a decision, and so long as her forces are fully engaged on the eastern front she may hesitate to extend her commitments by a move into Spain. 5. She must also appreciate that by a premature move into the Peninsula she might provoke a British or even an American operation against Spain and Portugal, North Africa or the Atlantic Islands with which her preoccupations in Russia would make it difficult to contend. 6. Although Franco himself may be still convinced that eventually the Germans will win the war, he is still anxious to keep Spain out of it.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Morocco Portugal Russia Spain United States of America Vichy France
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/104/20
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/104
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0104.020
- Keywords
- Predicting Enemy Intentions German Foreign Policy German-spanish Relations Military Dispositions
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 4
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson John Godfrey Charles Medhurst Stephen Shoosmith Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations Military Intelligence
