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Replies from the Assistant Military Attache, Barcelona, to a War Office Questionnaire

1 Oct 1938

36 CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT DURING THE LAST OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN ARMY OF TH LEVANT. The participation of the Air Arm in the Rebel attacks at the beginning of the second half of July has been, as usual, of extraordinary intensity. The principal task fell to the bombers who, numbering on an average more than twenty machines during each phase, carried out heavy bombing of the zones affected by the attacks, and of villages and towns within the zone of the Army of the Levant.
technology air warfare aircraft artillery tactics spain second world war bombing casualties military intelligence morale military organisation joint intelligence sub-committee intelligence organization leslie hollis committee of imperial defence inter-services cooperation camouflage air raid warning systems anti-aircraft defence aerial attacks strafing spanish civil war intelligence lessons spanish republican forces
Collection ID
CAB56
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Spain
Document Reference
CAB 56/6/11
Document Types
Correspondence Report
File Reference
CAB 56/6
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab56.0006.011
Keywords
Spanish Civil War Intelligence Lessons Air Warfare Aerial Attacks Spanish Republican Forces Aircraft Tactics Strafing Inter-services Cooperation Morale Casualties Military Organisation Bombing Air Raid Warning Systems Technology Anti-aircraft Defence Artillery Camouflage
Languages
English
Organizations
Committee of Imperial Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
10
Persons Discussed
Leslie Hollis
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Committee of Imperial Defence. Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Sub-Committee on Air Warfare
Themes
Intelligence Organization Military Intelligence

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