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ANNEX II.
FORCES REQUIRED FOR PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERTAKEN OR CONTEMPLATED.
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PROJECT.
Iceland.
LAND FORCES AND A.A. EQUIPMENT.
Divisional H.Q.
8 Infantry Battalions with Bren
Carriers.
0.0.Ś.(40) 477(J.P.) 1 M.G. Battalion.
14 Heavy and 8 light A.A.guns.
4 Naval Pom Poms.
1 Field Battery Roo
2 4" Coast Defence Guns.
2 12 pounders.
2 4.7" guns.
4 6" guns.
10 D.E.LS.
AIR FORCES.
1 Medium Bomber Sqn. 8 Walrus.
Faroes.
1 Infantry Company.
Nil.
Ireland.
(Under consider- ations)
Lough Swilly.
Shannon.
An opposed operation against any of these cannot be considered in isolation. The problem is one of a major campaign in EIRE.
Queens town.
Berehaven.
Azores.
(C.0.5.(40)465.)).
Cape Verdes
(C.0.S.(40) 465.
(J.P.)).
Canaries.
|(J.P.(40) 257).
1 Infantry Brigade.
1 Infantry Brigade.
To capture.
1 Infantry Division with reduced
scale of artillery, but including 3.7"s.
1 Light A.A. battery.
1 Heavy A.A. battery (at least).
For defence after capture
1 Infantry Brigade Group.
1 Heavy A.A. Regiment. 1 Light A.A. Regiment. A/S Defences.
1 Flight obsolete
Recce. aircraft.
1 Flight obsolete
Recce. aircraft.
1 Fighter Squadron.
1 Fighter Squadron.
1 Medium Bomber
R.D.F.
Squadron.
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