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North Africa: 88mm guns required urgently by German forces, July 15, long-range bombers...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/741
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HW 1/741
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1942 July 16
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North Africa: 88mm guns required urgently by German forces, July 15, long-range bombers transferred to Africa from Greece, July 15; GAF operational report for July 15; reports of RAF activities; Italian report Allied column moving westwards; 21st Panzer Division advancing against El Ruweihsat; Benghazi instruction that all ships to Tobruk carry adequate food supplies, July 14; shortage of aviation fuel and oil in Crete, July 15
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c/93
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