Even if Russia collapses this winter the German Air Command will have many difficulties to surmount before it can build up the German Air Force into a highly trained and operationally perfect machine to undertake a major operation against the British and American organised air defences in the British Isles. By, say, August 1943 some 4,000 aircraft (I.E. Plus I.R.), which would include about 1,000 single-engined fighters, might be concentrated on the Western Front. Allowance has been made for the retention of approximately 1,750 aircraft for the Mediterranean area, Caucasia, security purposes on the Russian Front, a skeleton force in Norway and for a minimum force refitting in Germany.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Germany Iraq Norway Persia Russia United Kingdom
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/110/74
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/110
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0110.074
- Keywords
- Operation Torch Invasion Preparations Contingency Planning Predicting Enemy Intentions Air Warfare Air Power Amphibious Operations Combined Operations Assessing Enemy Strength German Air Force Anti-aircraft Defence Invasion Threat Invasion Of French North Africa
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 2
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson Charles Medhurst
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
