5. So far as the OVERLORD area of operations is concerned, it is thought that, in the light of the risks which the German High Command is taking in other theatres of war in order to defeat OVERLORD, up to 1,600 first-line aircraft (including reinforcements brought in after D Day) may become engaged in the course of operations. Of this total some 650 might be fighters. This compares with an estimate made in July, 1943, of a total of some 1,175 first-line aircraft, including some 500 fighters. 6. Although the first-line strength of the G.A.F.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- France Russia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/122/62
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/122
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0122.062
- Keywords
- Operation Overlord Predicting Enemy Reactions Assessing Enemy Strength German Air Force German Army
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 3
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Inglis Edmund Rushbrooke John Sinclair
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
