(v) Port Said to Alexandretta. Unless the G.A.F. was aware of an Allied operation directed against the Aegean being mounted in ports in this area, there is no likelihood of air attack. Even in these circumstances attacks which might be launched would be on a light scale, since it would be necessary to use Rhodes as an advanced landing ground. It is doubtful if more than 10 to 15 Long Range Bombers would be involved in any raid, and such raids would be unlikely to exceed two to three a week. (c) Gibraltar An Axis assault by land, sea or air is out of the question.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Algeria Azores British West Africa Burma Ceylon Corsica Crete Cyprus France Germany Gibraltar Greece India Iraq Italy Japan Madagascar Malaya Malta Norway Oman Persia Russia Sardinia South Africa Tunisia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/119/28
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/119
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0119.028
- Keywords
- Assessing Enemy Strength Axis Strategy Naval Bases German U-boats Airfields German Air Force Air Raids Naval Warfare Warships Allied Supplies To The Ussr Arctic Convoys Shipping
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson Francis Inglis Edmund Rushbrooke Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
