5. Communications. The distances are so great that maintenance (except in locally obtained food and fuel) of forces operating against Caucasia would be a difficult problem, particularly having regard to the need to convert the railway gauge. If the Caucasus Mountains are reached there are only three means of entry into Trans-Caucasia. Along the Black Sea coast the mountains run precipitously into the sea. The railway still has a fifty mile gap in spite of many years work, and the road is cut into the mountain side and its complete destruction by the Russians would be simple.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Germany Great Britain Iran Persia Russia Turkey Ukraine
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/105/16
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/105
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0105.016
- Keywords
- German Strategy Oil Soviet Navy Operation Barbarossa Communications Military Strength Red Army German Army Military Operations Soviet Withdrawal Turkish Neutrality Invasion Of The Soviet Union
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson John Godfrey Charles Medhurst Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations
