2. If gas warfare had previously broken out elsewhere, it would be rash to express the conviction that it would not be used on any particular Front. On balance, however, think unlikely that it would be used in connexion with "HUSKY" in any case. Italians badly prepared for gas warfare. Training and organisation elementary. Troops seldom have respirator drill. Scale of issue respirators to Italian civilians entirely inadequate. Italians therefore would be most averse to gas warfare in connexion with "HUSKY" and Germans would be unlikely to override them.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- France Russia Tunisia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/113/82
- Document Types
- Correspondence Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 81/113
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0113.082
- Keywords
- Operation Husky Poison Gas Defence Invasion Preparations Invasion Of Sicily
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 3
- Persons Discussed
- Denis Capel-Dunn Adolf Hitler Stewart Menzies
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Weapons Technology Nuclear Warfare
