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Tula sector: 43rd Corps withdrawing, 2nd Panzer Army short of fuel, Nov 14. Report...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/218
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HW 1/218
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1941 Nov 17
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Tula sector: 43rd Corps withdrawing, 2nd Panzer Army short of fuel, Nov 14.
Report for Nov 14: 12th and 13th Army Corps under attack, Soviet forces bringing up reinforcements.
Frost causing severe damage to German motor transport in central sector of Russian Front.
Eastern Front evening report, Nov 15: 41st Army Corps suffering heavy losses on Kalinin Front, indications of presence of RAF in Moscow region and German loss of air superiority over Kalinin.
Installation of Freya equipment in Crete.
Serbia: clashes between Cetniks and Communists; Communists arrested in Belgrade; 342nd Infantry Division carrying out mopping up operations south west of Valjevo; 717th Infantry Division attacking south west of Kraljevo; clashes between Croatian troops and insurgents north of Sarajevo.
GAF night fighter unit arriving in Sicily, Nov 14.
Fifty motor transport drivers needed urgently by GAF supply authorities in Italy, Nov 15.
German Army coastal batteries to be transported to Africa aboard warship by Nov 20.
Supreme Command Armed Forces prisoners were either not suitable or too weak for Africa and that 2000 coloured French prisoners would be sent for the Panzer Group.
Escape by five British soldiers from Benghazi on Nov 13.
Arrival in Africa of German special assault troops, Nov 13-14.
Anti-tank guns to be flown from Germany to Derna, Nov 13-14.
RAF raid on Derna: interpretation of photographic reconnaissance on British Army positions, Nov 15.
Ladders, tank bridges and rubber rafts being sent from Benghazi to Derna, Nov 13.
Unspecified units of 10th Air Corps to be moved following conference with German Army authorities, Nov 16.
Dive bomber units to move from Crete to be used in North Africa, Nov 17.
Heavy fighter reinforcements to be sent from Crete to Africa, Nov 16.
German fighter aircraft escorting transport planes between Crete and Derna, Nov 13.
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c/8072
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