Forces Available D-Day 2. Available for Defence of Hongkong. Type Afloat Operational Russia Russia Neutral in War CV 7 5 2 2 CVL 1 Nil Nil Nil CVE 6 5 4 4 BB 10 8 4 4 CA 13 10 6 4 CL 12 10 6 4 DD 83 66 25 20 SS 106 76 35 25 Surface forces may operate in two main groups:(i) Composed possibly of: 2 CA 3 CL 8 DD probably based Hongkong to harass Allied advance forces. (ii) Remainder of surface forces available would probably be ordered to area from Empire waters and could arrive in 4 or 5 days. Would operate under cover of Formosa-based aircraft.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Burma China Formosa Guinea Indochina Japan Korea Malaya Philippines Russia Siam
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/120/21
- Document Types
- Memorandum Correspondence
- File Reference
- CAB 81/120
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0120.021
- Keywords
- Operations Planning Pacific War Hong Kong Military Strength Military Dispositions Japanese Army Contingency Planning
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- Edward King-Salter
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
