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North Africa: heavy fighting in Fuka area, casualties high, German and Italians reduced...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/1062
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HW 1/1062
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1942 Nov 7
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North Africa: heavy fighting in Fuka area, casualties high, German and Italians reduced to small battle groups, Fuka position no longer tenable, Nov 5.
Mediterranean: aircraft to be used against Allied convoy to return to Sicily after attack; fuel situation on Crete.
Naval Headlines: German naval formation including Admiral Hipper in Alta Fjord, Nov 5, to operate in northern waters, Admiral Scheer at sea in Trondheim area; two further Allied convoys entered Mediterranean, Nov 6.
Japanese ambassador, Ankara: severe food shortage in Russia, Oct 27.
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c/1314
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