As will appear from paragraph 3 only a limited number of the above divisions are likely to oppose "Rankin" assault forces. At Appendix is set out the detailed evaluation of the German divisions in France and the Low countries except those unidentified divisions which cannot be classified, from which in the main it will be seen that:(a) the offensive divisions vary in quality and some are at present below strength. (b) the defensive divisions are well below the fighting value of first quality defensive divisions and many are at present below strength.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Austria Belgium Denmark France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Russia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/120/20
- Document Types
- Report Map
- File Reference
- CAB 81/120
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0120.020
- Keywords
- Operations Planning Predicting Enemy Reactions Coastal Defence Counter-attacks Assessing Enemy Strength Security Troop Movements Military Strength German Army German Air Force
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 17
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson Adolf Hitler Francis Inglis Edmund Rushbrooke Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
