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Teleprinted translations of decrypted Second World War German U-boat (or U-boat command)...
Catalogue reference: HW 18/247
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This record is about the Teleprinted translations of decrypted Second World War German U-boat (or U-boat command)... dating from 1942 Jan 30-1943 Sep 16 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Naval Section: Reports of German, Italian, French,.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HW 18/247
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Date (When the record was created)
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1942 Jan 30-1943 Sep 16
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Description (What the record is about)
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Teleprinted translations of decrypted Second World War German U-boat (or U-boat command) radio messages.
Subject: U-boat group/Ubootgruppe Umbau (1942 Jan 30 - 1942 Feb 20).
Subject: meteor broadcasts (U-boat positions in german meteo broadcasts) (1942 Feb 7 - 1942 Apr 11).
Subject: U-boat group/Ubootgruppe Hecht (1942 Jan 31).
Subject: U-boat group/Ubootgruppe Wrangel (Wrangler) (1942 Mar 11 - 1942 Mar 20).
Subject: U-boat group/Ubootgruppe York (1942 Mar 14).
Subject: Baltic (Ostsee) (1942 May 5 - 1942 Jul 6).
Subject: U-boat group/Ubootgruppe Schlei (Schleie) (1942 Jan 31).
Subject: U-boat group/Ubootgruppe Blücher (Bluecher) (1942 Mar 11 - 1942 Mar 13).
Subject: technical subjects (torpedoes, Aphrodite, ...) (1942 Feb 28 - 1942 Sep 16).
Subject: Heligoland (1942 Mar 1 - 1942 Mar 2).
Subject: U-boat group/Ubootgruppe Umhang (1942 Mar 5 - 1942 Mar 27).
Subject: U-boat group/Ubootgruppe Aufnahme (1942 Mar 6 - 1942 Mar 8).
Subject: Atlantic (1942 May 13 - 1942 May 29).
Subject: U-boat group/Ubootgruppe Werwolf (Wehrwolf) (1942 Mar 6).
Subject: Western Mediterranean (Westliches Mittelmeer), e.g. sale to Spain of German U-boat at Cartagena (1942 May 2 - 1942 Aug 14).
Subject: Admiral Dönitz (1942 Mar 16 - 1943 Jan 31).
Subject: mining (1942 Mar 16 - 1942 Aug 24).
Subject: Eastern Mediterranean U-boats (Östliches Mittelmeer) (1942 Mar 14 - 1942 Jul 21).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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GENERAL VI
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Open Document, Open Description
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