Conclusions (a) The sooner the operation can be launched the better the chance of success. Some of the most favourable conditions which should be present in October such as surprise, lack of German reserves in the west, and Spanish resistance to German pressure, might by November have ceased to exist. (b) Some loss of efficiency in the proposed operations, resulting from preparations having been accelerated might be more than compensated in the initial stages by German inability to take effective counter-measures particularly in the air.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Germany Russia Spain
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/109/46
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/109
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0109.046
- Keywords
- Operation Torch Operations Planning Military Operations Colonies Empire Surprise Attacks Amphibious Operations Combined Operations Deception Spanish Neutrality Spanish Foreign Policy Allied Strategy German Strategy Military Dispositions Assessing Enemy Strength Predicting Enemy Intentions Invasion Of French North Africa
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 2
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson John Godfrey Charles Medhurst Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
