They might then make demands upon Turkey for say, control of the Dardanelles, the use of aerodromes in Turkey, and even for the passage of troops through that country. Indeed positive action against Turkey may already have been taken as a result of operation "Crusader". Alternatively with our considerable forces tied up directly or indirectly in "Whipcord" island, our power to help Turkey would be much reduced and Germany might hope therefore to ensure the submission of Turkey or to compel us to divert to that country sufficient forces to encourage the Turks to resist.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Balearic Islands France Germany Gibraltar Greece Italy Libya Malta Morocco Russia Sardinia Spain Turkey Vichy France
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/105/17
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/105
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0105.017
- Keywords
- Predicting Enemy Reactions Contingency Planning Desert War Assessing Enemy Strength
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 8
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson Francis Inglis Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
