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ENEMY ACTION
ITEM
F.
Invasion
ENEMY OBJECTIVES
The principal enemy objective in an invasion of this country is likely to be the capture of London.
(a)
To achieve this, beaches will be selected on which to land a wave of A.F.V's carried in small, flat-bottomed craft supported by troops carried in specially fitted merchant ships which can be run ashore to facilitate disembarkation,
From the intelligence at present available, a seaborne invasion is most likely to be made between the Wash and Newhaven, (e) and the areas most likely for beach landings are in the region of Southwold, and in East Kent.
Simultaneous landings in both these areas are to be expected; with the object of a pincer movement on London.
SCALE OF ATTACK
All German Naval forces.
*
Airborne troops. Initially, 15,000 men with a proportion of equipment, could be landed in one day in East Anglia, or 20,000 with a proportion of equipment in Kent.
5,000 parachute troops may be included in the above.
(These figures will be
increased if Gliders
are used. See note(c))
Seaborne troops.
We think that the scale of attack will be 5 divisions together with supplies, ammunition and petrol for a fortnight. (e)
(a) Note.
REMARKS
Whilst we have stated that London is likely to be the principal
objective in an invasion of this country, we cannot rule out other possible objectives, such as the industrial Midlands and the industrial North.
(e) Hote.
The area of landing and scale of attack will require reconsideration when Germany has put the Northern French ports in working order, and when she assembles shipping in those ports.
(f) Germany is believed to possess some 800-1,000 self-propelled barges, capacity up to 150 tons each, capable of 8-9 knots, but with only 3' freeboard.
They could
only be used in very calm weather, and their ability to carry tanks is doubtful.
(g) There is no information that Germany possesses special craft for landing tanks on open beaches,
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ENEMY OBJECTIVES
SCALE OF ATTACK
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