The occupation of Kunming would prevent the re-establishment, at least temporarily, of communication between China and her Allies. It would make it difficult, if not impossible, for an effective Allied air force to be maintained in China. 9. For either of the above operations, however, the Japanese would need considerably more land and air forces than they can now safely spare. The physical difficulties of the operations would be formidable owing to the nature of the country. Japan would be involved, even after the completion of the operations, in a large additional military and administrative commitment at a time when British and American pressure could be expected to be increasing.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Burma China Formosa Germany Great Britain Holland Indochina Japan Korea Malaya Netherlands Philippines Russia Siam United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/115/41
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/115
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0115.041
- Keywords
- Pacific War Military Operations Allied Strategy Allies Surrender Predicting Enemy Intentions Peace Proposals Contingency Planning Japanese Strategy Japanese Government Japanese Army Morale Collapse Of Nazi Germany Axis Powers Axis War Aims Strategy Soviet Foreign Policy Airfields Occupied China Chinese Foreign Policy Communications Disruption Invasion Threat Bombing Air Raids Shipping Economic Intelligence Public Opinion Defence
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee United Nations
- Pages
- 6
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson Francis Inglis Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
