Further west, in Tripolitania, there are the following Italian troops:One Infantry division 8,000 Corps, depot, and Libyan troops, and frontier guards, say 26,000 Total 34,000 There are also 86 guns and 16 anti-tank guns. Further details are given in the Appendix. 3. The present enemy air forces in Libya total 536 aircraft, including 216 German. The serviceability of these aircraft is estimated at 50% in the case of the German, and 60% 65% in the case of the Italian. There are also 200 transport aircraft available for Libya, the serviceability of which is not over 30%.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Germany Italy Libya Malta Sicily
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/106/25
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/106
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0106.025
- Keywords
- Assessing Enemy Strength Desert War Axis Powers Manpower Anti-tank Guns Military Dispositions Transportation
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 6
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson John Godfrey Charles Medhurst Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
