It is impossible to say whether the Germans would attempt to continue resistance in the North of Italy after Italy had made peace. They might, if they succeeded in withdrawing their forces from the South of Italy, fight a delaying action on a line in the Pisa-Rimini area in order to prevent for as long as possible the vital airfields in the North of Italy falling into the hands of the Allies. But Germany is also faced with the problem of replacing with commensurate German forces the 30 odd Italian divisions in the vital Balkan area, not to mention the smaller Italian contingent in South-East France.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Nazi Germany Romania Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/116/29
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/116
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0116.029
- Keywords
- Collapse Of Fascist Italy Fascist Leadership Italian Politics Peace Proposals German-italian Relations
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 3
- Persons Discussed
- Francis Davidson Francis Inglis Benito Mussolini Edmund Rushbrooke Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations
