SZ/OEMU/52/2/19 - Air attack on road communications and mechanical transport. Appendix 'A': Details of German Armoured Divisions and Motorised Infantry Divisions, 11/7/41
Reference code
SZ/OEMU/52/2/19
Level of description
Item
Title
Air attack on road communications and mechanical transport. Appendix 'A': Details of German Armoured Divisions and Motorised Infantry Divisions, 11/7/41
Date/s
1941
Quantity & Format
3 leaves
Subject
World War, 1939-1945 -- Transport
Bombing, Aerial
Bombing, Aerial
Creator
Great Britain. Air Ministry. Director of Air Tactics.
Scope and content
BC 49
Discusses the importance of road communications in military operations, and the importance of road communications interruptions to each of the opposing forces. The following headings are expanded upon: consideration of roads as targets; scale of movement; scale of defence; topographical; methods of blocking roads by bombing attack; bridges; cratering roads; demolition of buildings; crippling of vehicles; combinations of objectives; preparation of attack; method of attack; types of bombs and fuzing; continuity of attack; attack of motor transport columns; and night attack. German armoured and motorised infantry divisions on the march are also examined in a note by the War Office dated 11/6/41.
Discusses the importance of road communications in military operations, and the importance of road communications interruptions to each of the opposing forces. The following headings are expanded upon: consideration of roads as targets; scale of movement; scale of defence; topographical; methods of blocking roads by bombing attack; bridges; cratering roads; demolition of buildings; crippling of vehicles; combinations of objectives; preparation of attack; method of attack; types of bombs and fuzing; continuity of attack; attack of motor transport columns; and night attack. German armoured and motorised infantry divisions on the march are also examined in a note by the War Office dated 11/6/41.
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SZ - Zuckerman Archive
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SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
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SZ/OEMU/52 - [Air Ministry Bombing Committee, 1941-1943]
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SZ/OEMU/52/2 - [Air Ministry Bombing Committee: Miscellaneous reports, 1941-1943]
- SZ/OEMU/52/2/19 - Air attack on road communications and mechanical transport. Appendix 'A': Details of German Armoured Divisions and Motorised Infantry Divisions, 11/7/41
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SZ/OEMU/52/2 - [Air Ministry Bombing Committee: Miscellaneous reports, 1941-1943]
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SZ/OEMU/52 - [Air Ministry Bombing Committee, 1941-1943]
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SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit