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Scales of Attack - Indian Ocean Area. Note by the Secretary

1 Mar 1942

(c) Air. 150-200 ship-borne aircraft carried in the 3 or 4 aircraft carriers referred to in sub-paragraph (a) Naval above. Forms of Attack. 4. Attacks on any base in this area might take the following forms:(a) Naval bombardment by any or all of the ships mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) Naval above. (b) Attack by aircraft from the carriers. (c) Landing of troops. (d) Attack by submarines, mine-layers, ship-borne M.T.B.'s, midget submarines and human torpedoes. Note. 5. The threat to Ceylon is fully dealt with in J.I.C.(42)70 dated 3rd March, 1942, and the scale of attack remains as set out therein except for the naval scale which would be as set out in paragraph 3 above.
ceylon warships second world war military intelligence joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff victor cavendish-bentinck geoffrey vickers predicting enemy intentions francis davidson assessing enemy strength japanese navy john godfrey japanese army japanese strategy
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Ceylon
Document Reference
CAB 81/107/12
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/107
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0107.012
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Japanese Strategy Japanese Navy Warships Japanese Army
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
2
Persons Discussed
Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson John Godfrey Geoffrey Vickers
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. March - April 1942. Papers Numbers. JIC 76-155. Volume XVII
Themes
Military Intelligence

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