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North Africa: Panzer Army sitrep for Feb 16, Allies holding out in Djebel Lessouda...

Catalogue reference: HW 1/1379

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This record is about the North Africa: Panzer Army sitrep for Feb 16, Allies holding out in Djebel Lessouda... dating from 1943 Feb 18 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister,.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HW 1/1379

Date

1943 Feb 18

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North Africa: Panzer Army sitrep for Feb 16, Allies holding out in Djebel Lessouda area; GAF Tunis Air Corps prepared to support further Axis advance, units to operate from Kairouan or Tunis against Tebessa and Le Kef, airfield detachments ready for Thelepte and Sbeitla, clearing mines from Gafsa airfield; Germans capture Feriana and fighting in progress around Thelepte, Feb 17.

Russian Front: Soviet advance and German retreat continues, Feb 16; GAF 4th Air Fleet short of fuel, fuel trains urgently required, Feb 16; GAF units prepare to deploy to Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhe, Feb 17; Russian pressure and advances throughout entire Eastern Front, German Army continues in retreat, Feb 17.

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