wear down and discourage their enemy and to maintain their own morale. However, in so doing, they must themselves avoid severe losses and exhaustion. The Germans would sacrifice territory east of the general line Niemen-Bug-Carpathians-Danube Delta rather than divert strength from the West for the purpose of holding it. We believe, however, that they would subordinate all other considerations to the requirements of holding that line and would reinforce it as necessary, whatever the consequences in the West.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Crete Croatia Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States of America Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/123/50
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/123
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0123.050
- Keywords
- Military Situation Reports Assessing Enemy Strength German Strategy Collapse Of Nazi Germany Economy War Materials Resources Transportation Military Strength Manpower Military Dispositions Neutrality German Army German Air Force German Navy Warships
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee United Nations
- Pages
- 24
- Persons Discussed
- Edward King-Salter
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
