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Enemy Intentions. Note by the Secretary

1 Mar 1942

oil. General strain will be due also to a number of other factors, e.g. lack of maintenance and repair of plant; disorganisation of transport; location of stocks in inconvenient places; administrative difficulties due to shortage of personnel; sabotage in occupied territories. (I) Scale. Disagree with American views. All our evidence indicates Germans fully extended during winter. On frontage 2,000 miles in face Russian pressure 40 70 divisions fantastic. (a) Estimate 179 German divisions now available for a spring offensive on the Russian front, including following:20 armoured divisions 21 motorised and light divisions 5 mountain divisions 2 cavalry divisions 131 infantry divisions, of which 119 belong to the field army.
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Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Australia Ceylon France Germany Madagascar Norway Poland Romania Russia
Document Reference
CAB 81/107/64
Document Types
Correspondence
File Reference
CAB 81/107
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0107.064
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions Invasion Of The Soviet Union Oil German Strategy Japanese Strategy Assessing Enemy Strength
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
4
Persons Discussed
Denis Capel-Dunn
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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