however, that the Germans succeed during the winter campaign in Russia in avoiding crippling losses and are not driven back to the East Prussian and Roumanian frontiers they might, after the "Overlord" assault, transfer a few, possibly five, divisions, from the Russian front, if they felt that these would turn the scale in the West. 9. Mediterranean and S.E. Europe. In the spring of 1944 Germany will be faced in Italy with steady pressure from a strong Allied force. She will appreciate that the Allies have a substantial amount of assault shipping in the Mediterranean and that an attack in this theatre is likely in support of "Overlord".
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Austria Belgium Bulgaria Corsica Crete Denmark Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Italy Netherlands Norway Romania Russia Sardinia Sweden Turkey United Kingdom
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/119/56
- Document Types
- Report Map
- File Reference
- CAB 81/119
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0119.056
- Keywords
- Operations Planning Operation Overlord German Strategy Military Dispositions Nazi-occupied Europe Assessing Enemy Strength German Navy Coastal Defence German Army Warships Mines Troop Movements German Air Force Tactics
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 20
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Inglis Edmund Rushbrooke Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
