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Future Strategy. Report by Axis Planning Section

1 Mar 1941

Note: be in position on the FrancoSpanish Moroccan frontier within 5 days of leaving Southern Spain. Gibraltar if still in our hands, would be an embarrassment to the movement of troops by sea. If Gibraltar was lost, but the Spanish in Morocco were still hostile, the first formations could not be in position in less than 21 days, and even this presupposes that the French fleet was not operating against the Germans, in co-operation with the land forces in French Morocco. 3. An advance through Turkey to the Straits (A.P.S.(41) 3.
morocco turkey united kingdom iraq syria gibraltar greece germany strategy air power colonies spain yugoslavia second world war arab world military intelligence empire joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff axis strategy turkish neutrality german army military strength invasion threat spanish neutrality predicting enemy intentions german air force german strategy assessing enemy strength axis planning section invasion of greece german war aims
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Germany Gibraltar Greece Iraq Morocco Spain Syria Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Document Reference
CAB 81/136/8
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/136
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0136.008
Keywords
Axis Strategy German Strategy Spanish Neutrality Invasion Threat Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength German War Aims Strategy Military Strength Air Power German Air Force German Army Turkish Neutrality Invasion Of Greece Empire Colonies Arab World
Languages
English
Organizations
Axis Planning Section Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Chiefs of Staff
Pages
4
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet and Cabinet: Committees and Sub-Committees of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Axis Planning Section. APS (41) Series. Memoranda
Themes
Military Intelligence

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