avoid being outflanked, to withdraw from the Leningrad sector to the line Lake Peipus Kskov Polotsk high ground west of Orsha Bonruisk Pripet Marshes. This advance would give the Russians the important lateral railway from Leningrad to Mogilev and would not materially lengthen their lines of communication. The Germans might, therefore, soon find themselves driven to the next line which offers a series of good defensive positions, namely Riga Dvinsk high ground Minsk Pripet Marshes.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Bulgaria France Hungary Italy Norway Poland Romania Russia United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/118/51
- Document Types
- Report Map
- File Reference
- CAB 81/118
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0118.051
- Keywords
- German Strategy Troop Movements German Army Eastern Front Invasion Of Italy Military Dispositions Red Army Contingency Planning Meteorological Intelligence Fortifications
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 10
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson Francis Inglis Edmund Rushbrooke Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
