Mediterranean ports, all point to greater activity in the Mediterranean and do not tally with any present intention to embark on large scale operations in South Russia in spite of Germany's need to obtain fresh sources of oil supply. 8. An Advance through Thrace into Turkey. There are no indications that Germany intends to make an immediate advance through Thrace and Turkey, and we believe that this is unlikely as a first step. We must assume, however, that the acquisition of oil is, for Germany, an important objective.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Crete Cyprus Egypt Germany Gibraltar Iraq Libya Malta Russia Sicily Syria Turkey Ukraine
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/106/21
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/106
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0106.021
- Keywords
- Predicting Enemy Intentions German Strategy Invasion Of The Soviet Union Desert War Invasion Threat
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 4
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
