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Enemy Intentions in Crete and the Dodecanese Islands

1 Oct 1944

The enemy cannot therefore hope to influence Allied movements or operations in any way and there can be no analogy between his Island Fortresses and the Harbour Fortresses of France. The enemy can thus only hope to achieve two things:— (a) To distract the Allies from their main effort by undertaking offensive operations against the occupied islands. (b) To secure some slight political advantage over the Allies by defiantly holding areas which the latter for diplomatic or humanitarian reasons might wish to liberate and rehabilitate.
france greece crete second world war military intelligence military supplies military dispositions joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff edward king-salter predicting enemy intentions german strategy
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete France Greece
Document Reference
CAB 81/126/29
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/126
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0126.029
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions German Strategy Military Dispositions Military Supplies
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
4
Persons Discussed
Edward King-Salter
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. October - December 1944. Papers Numbers. JIC 451-519. Volume XXXVI
Themes
Military Intelligence

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