ANNEX GERMAN PREPARATIONS FOR INVASION IN 1940 In response to a question asked in this House on 6th May by the honourable and gallant Member for Stockport*, a statement has now been prepared regarding the attempted invasion of this country by Germany in 1940. The statement, which is based on captured German documents and the interrogation of German Prisoners of War, is given in the following paragraphs. 2. In July, 1940, Hitler was faced with the first major unexpected check to his strategy. He had outrun his immediate plans and was confronted with the problem of eliminating Britain, in order to avoid a long drawn-out struggle, with the consequent danger that, if the time came for his final reckoning with Soviet Russia, Germany would be involved in a war on two fronts.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- England Germany Great Britain Netherlands Russia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/134/16
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 81/134
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0134.016
- Keywords
- German Strategy Invasion Threat Invasion Preparations Operation Sea Lion Public Statements Release Of Information Security Intelligence Reports Amphibious Operations Training Shipping German Air Force Royal Air Force Royal Navy German Navy Battle Of Britain Military Objectives Strategy Bombing Air Raids Air Warfare Transportation
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff
- Pages
- 5
- Persons Discussed
- Thomas Elmhirst Paul Gleadell Hermann Göring William Hayter Adolf Hitler Edward Parry Gerald Templer
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
