SZ/AEAF/7/1/12-12a - Estimates of civilian casualties to be expected as a result of attacks on railway centres in enemy-occupied territories, 6/4/44

SZ/AEAF/7/1/12-12a

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Estimates of civilian casualties to be expected as a result of attacks on railway centres in enemy-occupied territories, 6/4/44

1944

5 leaves

Zuckerman, Solly,
Dewdney, Duncan Alexander Cox,recipient
Fisher, Reginald Brettauer,recipient

Typescripts of paper prepared by SZ, D.A.C. Dewdney and R.B. Fisher. Items [SZ/AEAF/7/1/9-10] are drafts of the text and [SZ/AEAF/7/1/11] an early version of the accompanying tables relating to RAF Bomber Command and USAAF targets. These tables have been heavily amended and marked in MS on both copies.

A copy of the paper was sent to Sir Arthur Tedder (see [SZ/AEAF/7/1/13-14]). The paper was prepared in the light of disagreement expressed at the War Cabinet Defence Committee meeting on 5/4/44 over estimates of the number of civilian casualties which would be sustained in allied air attacks on rail centres in France and Belgium in support of Operation Overlord.