4. With the Russians on the Kerch Straits and in Zaporozhe and Melitopol, thus cutting the Zaporozhe-Crimea railway, the whole German position in the Crimea is threatened. Withdrawals of the main G.A.F. headquarters and of German naval and sea transport organizations to the Nikolaev and Odessa areas, which were prepared in mid-September, support the view that the Germans have for some time recognised that an evacuation of the Crimea may be forced upon them. Such an evacuation would have to be carried out mainly by sea.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Madagascar Mauritius Poland Russia Seychelles
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/118/23
- Document Types
- Report Correspondence
- File Reference
- CAB 81/118
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0118.023
- Keywords
- Aerial Attacks Empire Predicting Enemy Intentions Japanese Navy Colonies
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 5
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson Francis Inglis Edmund Rushbrooke Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
