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German Manpower. Note by Secretary

1 May 1943

6. Finally, since so much weight is attached to para. 28(e), might not its effect be analysed in greater detail? For instance, we know, I suppose, what percentage of the British Army was actually engaged in the Somme fighting of 1916. We have estimated what percentage of the German Army was correspondingly engaged in the Russian fighting of 1941. The insertion of these percentages, particularly the British one, which is a matter of record, might make the contrast between the respective monthly percentages of loss seem much less surprising.
manpower surveillance second world war casualties military intelligence intelligence gathering joint intelligence staff joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff anglo-american relations intelligence reports american intelligence services geoffrey vickers german army assessing enemy strength
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
CAB 81/115/5
Document Types
Memorandum Report
File Reference
CAB 81/115
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0115.005
Keywords
Manpower German Army American Intelligence Services Anglo-american Relations Casualties Intelligence Reports Intelligence Gathering Assessing Enemy Strength
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff
Pages
3
Persons Discussed
Geoffrey Vickers
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. May - July 1943. Papers Numbers. JIC 201-285. Volume XXV
Themes
Military Intelligence Surveillance

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