S E C R E T. ANNEX 'A'. GERMANY'S FUTURE PLANS. Introduction. After the collapse of France in June, 1940 the efforts of the Axis Powers were for a year directed against the British Empire, which alone stood between them and victory. 2. Germany's hopes of a speedy end to the war, by invasion of the British Isles in the Autumn of 1940 were frustrated by the decisive defeat of her air forces in their attempt to obtain the necessary air superiority. She accordingly changed her tactics and during that winter endeavoured, at first by widespread air attacks against towns and the civilian population and later by concentrated attacks on industries and ports, to break the British will to continue the struggle.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Albania Austria Balearic Islands Belgium Crete Denmark Egypt Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iraq Italy Japan Libya Morocco Netherlands Norway Persia Poland Romania Russia Sardinia Sicily Soviet Union Spain Syria Turkey Ukraine United States of America Vichy France Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/104/55
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/104
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0104.055
- Keywords
- Information Sharing Axis War Aims Axis Strategy German Propaganda Military Situation Reports Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Invasion Threat Turkish Neutrality Desert War German Deployments Military Dispositions
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 17
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson John Godfrey Adolf Hitler Charles Medhurst Stephen Shoosmith Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
