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An Attack on the Burma Road. Report by the J.I.C.

1 Oct 1941

APPENDIX. METHOD OF ATTACK. (a) (b) Attack on Kunming from Tongking by the line of the railway and possibly the Red River route. The easier, but longer , operation from Kwangsi Province. SCALE OF LAND ATTACK. (a) (b) Three divisions (with two divisions in reserve and on L. of C.), for the operation from Tongking. Seven to eight divisions for the operation from Kwangsi Province. SCALE OF AIR Fighters 180 ATTACK. Light bombers 190 for (a) or (b) Heavy bombers 180 Reconnaissance 50 MOST SUITABLE November to March (Dry PERIOD.
thailand china japan malaya indochina burma second world war contingency planning military intelligence joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff victor cavendish-bentinck geoffrey vickers francis davidson john godfrey charles medhurst threat of war with japan burma road
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Burma China Indochina Japan Malaya Thailand
Document Reference
CAB 81/105/47
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/105
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0105.047
Keywords
Contingency Planning Threat Of War With Japan Burma Road
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
3
Persons Discussed
Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson John Godfrey Charles Medhurst Geoffrey Vickers
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. October - December 1941. Papers Numbers. JIC 406-500. Volume XV
Themes
Military Intelligence

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