particularly in the heavily bombed areas is causing the German authorities great anxiety. The population are held in line (a) by fear of the Gestapo and (b) by fear of the consequences of defeat. Independent observers in Germany are beginning increasingly to wonder how long German civilian morale will be able to stand the strain. 12. Para. 3 a, third sub-para. In our view a truer ratio of Russian to German air strength would be 2½ to 1. We believe that the reference to "obsolescent aircraft" is too strong.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Hungary Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Russia Spain Turkey United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/116/61
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 81/116
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0116.061
- Keywords
- German Strategy Contingency Planning Intelligence Reports
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Geheime Staatspolizei Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee United Nations
- Pages
- 5
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson Francis Inglis Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations
