We attempt to assess the scale, fronts and date of a German offensive against Russia. (a) Scale. The German forces in Russia are at present fully extended, but we must assume that by the Spring or early Summer some 20 infantry divisions could have been withdrawn and rested, taking into account the fact that certain reliefs have taken place to and from Russia, and that certain divisions may possibly be in course of preparation in Germany itself, whence we get little reliable information. In the case of armoured divisions, we have no information indicating the withdrawal of any such divisions to Germany to refit.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Australia Burma China Crete Cyprus Egypt Germany Great Britain Greece Guinea India Iraq Italy Japan Libya Madagascar Malta Morocco New Zealand Norway Persia Russia Sicily Sweden Syria Turkey Ukraine United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/107/48
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/107
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0107.048
- Keywords
- Predicting Enemy Intentions German Strategy Battle Of The Atlantic Desert War Invasion Of The Soviet Union Operations Planning Japanese Strategy Assessing Enemy Strength Invasion Threat Turkish Neutrality
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 8
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson John Godfrey Charles Medhurst Erwin Rommel Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
