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"Round-Up" - Port Defences and Scales of Attack. Note by the Secretary

1 Jul 1942

"ROUND-UP" PORT DEFENCE OVERSEAS 1. PORTS REQUIRING INVESTIGATION First priority: Ports between Calais and Channel Islands inclusive. Classified as: Major ports: (i) Havre and Seine Estuary to Rouen including Honfleur. (ii) Cherbourg. Minor ports Calais Boulogne St. Valery sur Somme Le Treport Dieppe St. Valery en Caux Fecamp Trouville Ouistreham (for Caen) Barfleur St. Vaast Granville Second priority: Brest and Biscay ports Channel Islands in sequence requested by Cs. in C. Third priority: Antwerp and Rotterdam 2.
air power mines ports warships second world war defence military intelligence coastal defence joint intelligence staff joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff nazi-occupied europe denis capel-dunn operations planning occupied france assessing enemy strength allied strategy naval strength
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
CAB 81/109/19
Document Types
Memorandum Report
File Reference
CAB 81/109
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0109.019
Keywords
Ports Defence Coastal Defence Assessing Enemy Strength Operations Planning Allied Strategy Naval Strength Air Power Occupied France Nazi-occupied Europe Mines Warships
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff
Pages
3
Persons Discussed
Denis Capel-Dunn
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. July - August 1942. Papers Numbers. JIC 256-320. Volume XIX
Themes
Military Intelligence

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