The documents note that the Americans had been puzzled by the German response.

The aim was to provoke a German response.

The German response was to increase the efficiency of overland plotting systems.

Development of a German political response to the raid took several turns.

This naturally caused much confusion and further delayed the German response.

During this time only a small German response was observed - searchlights and intermittent gunfire.

Thus the German response in the first hours was spasmodic and uncoordinated.

The German response to the Cambrai assault was to develop its own armored program.

Another attempt to contact the Germans was made in late 1941, but there is no record of a German response in either case.

The objective was to seize the port, gather intelligence and assess the German response.