Was Plan Gray
The War Plan Gray (translated war plan Gray ) was one of the color-coded war plans that were created in the early 20th century by the United States. The plan envisaged an invasion of the Portuguese Azores islands between 1940 and 1941. On May 22, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt instructed the US Army and Navy to draft an official plan to occupy the Portuguese Azores. The Gray War Plan, approved by the Joint Board on May 29, called for an invading force of 28,000 soldiers. During the preparations for this invasion, a political shift in interests halted the war plan. This was largely attributed to intelligence sources who provided evidence that it was highly unlikely that the German Empire would invade pro-German fascist Spain and the scrupulously neutral Portuguese Estado Novo . When Germany turned its attention to the Soviet Union ( Operation Barbarossa ), preparations for the invasion ceased.
Individual evidence
- ^ The War Plan Rainbow . GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ↑ War Plan Gray . GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ^ The Atlantic Crisis of 1941 . Center For US Military History. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ^ History of the US Marine Corps in WWII Vol I - Pearl Harbor to Guadacanal . HISTORICAL BRANCH, G-3 DIVISION, HEADQUARTERS, US MARINE CORPS. Retrieved February 10, 2010.