German Strategy and Capacity to Resist Report by J.I.C.

14. On the other hand, whereas the Germans have at the moment an organised front between the Russians and the German frontier, in the West they have nothing but disorganised remnants incapable of holding an Allied advance in strength into Germany itself. We therefore cannot exclude the possibility that Hitler may increase the risks in the East and transfer some divisions from there to the West. 15. However, whatever action Hitler may now take it will be too late to affect the issue in the West where organised German resistance will gradually disintegrate under our attacks, although it is impossible to predict the rate at which this will take place.