Based on intelligence available early in 1945, their assumptions included the following: "That operations in this area will be opposed not only by the available organized military forces of the Empire, but also by a fanatically hostile population."
Baseret på efterretninger, der var tilgængelige i begyndelsen af ​​1945, omfattede deres antagelser følgende: "At operationer i dette område ikke kun vil være mod de tilgængelige organiserede militære styrker i Kejserriget, men også mod en fanatisk fjendtlig befolkning." (engelsk: That operations in this area will be opposed not only by the available organized military forces of the Empire, but also by a fanatically hostile population.)