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Outer defences of Leningrad reached from south, south east and east, Sept 13. German...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/66
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HW 1/66
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1941 Sept 15
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Outer defences of Leningrad reached from south, south east and east, Sept 13.
German armoured forces from north and south have almost encircled Kiev, Sept 14.
Sitrep evening of Sept 14.
11th Army preparing for planned attack on Perekop; 1st Panzer Group.
Morning report from 1st Panzer Group, Sept 9: stubborn Soviet resistance - Soviet civilians attacking tanks with petrol bombs.
Gliders to be ferried from Greece to Derna to be used for supplies from Tripoli to Benghazi.
ME109 aircraft as replacements arriving Gazala, Africa, Sept 14.
FW200 aircraft formerly in Mediterranean area being sent to Bordeaux.
Naval Headlines: details of ships due in Benghazi; Italian convoy arrived Tripoli, Sept 13, and fast convoy expected to be leaving Italy for Tripoli.
German senior police officers in newly occupied Soviet sectors given orders from Himmler that closest cooperation is to be achieved from the inhabitants and new mine clearing unit.
Italian ambassador in Rio reports alleged proposal by US that Brazil cooperate in occupying Azores and Cape Verde Islands.
Turkish ambassador, Buenos Aires reports conversation with Japanese ambassador about US-Japanese negotiations for peace in the Pacific.
US minister, Budapest reports that Germans were pressing Hungary to provide workers for industry in Germany.
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c/7561
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