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Kesselring to open battle head-quarters in Derna, May 12. German transport aircraft...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/566
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HW 1/566
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1942 May 13
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Kesselring to open battle head-quarters in Derna, May 12.
German transport aircraft shot down by RAF north of Derna, GAF instructions for prevention of repetition, May 12.
German air transport between Brindisi and Crete reduced with effect from May 16.
Air reconnaissances ordered in preparation for coming operation in south Russia, May 12.
Fighting on Kerch Peninsula, May 12.
German services behind central Russian Front seriously affected by partisan activity, May 8.
8th Air Corps scale of effort in Crimea area, May 12.
Japanese propaganda statement on the Pacific, May 9.
Possibility of Japanese-Soviet agreement: Portuguese speculation, May 11.
Portuguese minister, Rome, reports on Italian internal and political situation, May 11.
Turkish chargé, Kuibyshev, reports UK-Soviet negotiations for recognition of Russian boundaries, May 11.
Saudi minister, Vichy reports postponement of Italian occupation of Tunis and Nice, May 11.
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c/9457
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