"1(e) The Allies have captured the Marshalls and Carolines" (i) We consider that the capture of Truk will be, in effect, a turning point of the war against Japan and her military and air dispositions thereafter will be dictated by the naval strategy which the capture of Truk will impose upon her. (ii) The Japanese Fleet may either fight in the defence of Truk and be, in greater or less degree, destroyed in the process, or it may abandon Truk in order to survive as a "Fleet in being" and fight in defence of Metropolitan Japan.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Australia Burma China Germany Guinea India Indochina Japan Malaya Russia Siam Singapore Thailand United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/116/53
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/116
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0116.053
- Keywords
- Contingency Planning Military Operations Pacific War Assessing Enemy Strength Japanese Army Operations Planning Japanese Navy Japanese Air Force
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Planning Staff
- Pages
- 5
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson Francis Inglis Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
