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Scale of Attack on British & British Controlled Merchant Shipping Report by the J.I.C.

1 Jan 1945

single-engined aircraft against shipping targets. There is at present no evidence that such operation need be expected in the immediate future and in any case such operations, owing to the limited range of most of the aircraft likely to be employed, would be confined to forward battle areas. Sporadic attacks, however, by single aircraft might be made elsewhere if such aircraft as the Do. 335 or Ar.234 were employed B. JAPAN Forces available 6. No useful estimate of the forces available can be made since areas of attack will in the main be forward battle areas and will vary with strategic developments.
philippines singapore china japan guinea germany russia air power air warfare aircraft australia denmark malaya italy shipping burma naval warfare netherlands norway ceylon submarines warships crete second world war hawaii personnel bombing formosa military intelligence convoys joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff victor cavendish-bentinck john sinclair francis inglis edmund rushbrooke german u-boats geographic intelligence german navy german air force japanese navy torpedo boats military objectives japanese air force allied supplies to the ussr
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Australia Burma Ceylon China Crete Denmark Formosa Germany Guinea Hawaii Italy Japan Malaya Netherlands Norway Philippines Russia Singapore
Document Reference
CAB 81/127/8
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/127
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0127.008
Keywords
Shipping Naval Warfare Air Warfare Personnel German Air Force Air Power Aircraft Bombing Military Objectives Convoys German U-boats Submarines Japanese Navy Japanese Air Force German Navy Warships Allied Supplies To The Ussr Geographic Intelligence Torpedo Boats
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
8
Persons Discussed
Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Inglis Edmund Rushbrooke John Sinclair
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. January - February 1945. Papers Numbers. JIC 1-75. Volume XXXVII
Themes
Military Intelligence

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