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North Africa: GAF reports on Libyan operations for Dec 28; Allied attack on tanker...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/1267
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HW 1/1267
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1942 Dec 28
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North Africa: GAF reports on Libyan operations for Dec 28; Allied attack on tanker located in Bizerta, Dec 28; sitrep for Dec 28 from GAF reports Allied locations in Chad; Italian request that battalion be withdrawn, Rommel reports that every man and every weapon required in defending Buerat position, Dec 26; GAF intentions in Tunisia for Dec 28 and 29; damage to Sousse-Sfax railway by Allied forces, Dec 28; Gabes proposed as advanced landing ground for heavy fighters, Dec 28; GAF Tunis orders for Dec 29 include three fighter groups to move to Kairouan, Dec 28.
Mediterranean: supply ship, Grant, ready to set sail from Naples on Dec 25; Grant sunk en route Tunisia, Dec 28.
Russian Front: Goering orders strengthening of anti-aircraft and anti-tank defences in area of 4th Flak Division and Army Group Don, Dec 28.
Belgian Legation, Ankara: renewed anti-Jewish hostility in Turkey, Dec 3.
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