a miscalculation about our intentions. Recent interrogations, in particular that of General Jodl, go to show that in so far as the Germans have come to suspect the existence of any deception at all, it is in the belief that we actually staged divisions in the southeast of England which were ultimately intended for the Normandy operation. (b) It has now been established from a careful study of all the relevant documents that the Battle of Normandy was fought by the Germans largely on the basis of the information supplied by two agents.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- England France
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/132/18
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/132
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0132.018
- Keywords
- Publications Military Intelligence Military Operations D-day Operation Overlord Deception Amphibious Operations Intelligence Reports Secrecy Strategy Allied Strategy Interrogation Intelligence Gathering German Intelligence Services Operations Planning German Strategy Personnel Censorship Anglo-american Relations Battle Of Normandy
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Security Service
- Pages
- 2
- Persons Discussed
- Harold Caccia Thomas Elmhirst Edmund Rushbrooke
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence Propaganda Censorship Psychological Warfare Intelligence Operations
