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North Africa: Panzer Army Rommel report for Jan 12, no major operations but lively...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/1313
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HW 1/1313
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1943 Jan 14
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North Africa: Panzer Army Rommel report for Jan 12, no major operations but lively artillery action; successful Allied raid on Castel Benito due to failure of air defences, Jan 13; losses and damage caused in Allied air raid on Castel Benito, Jan 12; Allied air raid on Gadames, Italians in occupation of Mareksen and Fort Saint, Jan 13; German intelligenceassessment of Karama whence French air craft left for Mursurk, Jan 10, and Bou Ngem tank depot and park where five Allied brigades in preparation for enveloping attack on German flank; orders for preparation of ammunition, transport and fuel supplies for Tripoli for operation planned for Jan 15; Tunisian situation summary from German Naval Command, Rome, Jan 12; Kesselring orders increase in construction and operational use of ferries, Jan 12.
GAF situation report on Russian Front and North Africa on Jan 13.
Russian Front: 4th Air Corps ordered to prevent Soviet advance along and across Don 33 miles east of Rostov; Romanian and Italian troops in front line facing Soviet Don Offensive with Hungarian troops on Southern flank, Jan 10.
France: Germans carrying out arrests of French officers and civilians without consent of Vichy Government, Jan 9.
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