5. Even though Germany can spare few aircraft for action elsewhere than against England, she will thus have ample troops available for operations in conjunction with the Italian Air Force. The following are possible objectives:(a) Egypt. There have been reports of German intentions to send "Colonial" troops to Italy. So long as the British Fleet remains in the Eastern Mediterranean, it will be difficult to use these troops except through Libya, where the scope of operations is limited by difficulties of communications and administration.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Bulgaria Cyprus Egypt England France Germany Great Britain Greece Italy Libya Morocco Romania Russia Sicily Soviet Union Spain Syria Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/97/75
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 81/97
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0097.075
- Keywords
- Predicting Enemy Intentions German Strategy German War Aims Operation Sea Lion Invasion Manpower German Army Imperial Defence Invasion Preparations
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- C Edwards Adolf Hitler
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations
