5. If the German air forces in Sicily were to be at maximum serviceability to support the assault itself, a period of some three weeks of less intensive effort would be required to recuperate from the effect of the heavy sustained attacks now being carried out. 6. The presence in Rome of a German General prominently identified with the airborne operations against Crete has been confirmed. There are also reports of the training of Italian parachutists which may possibly explain the presence of this General, but this would seem to be unlikely unless it were in connexion with some projected operation.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Crete France Germany Italy Libya Malta Russia Sicily
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/107/33
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/107
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0107.033
- Keywords
- Imperial Defence Contingency Planning Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength German Air Force Paratroopers
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 4
- Persons Discussed
- Denis Capel-Dunn Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson John Godfrey Adolf Hitler Charles Medhurst Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
