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BONIFACE, see HW 1/3740
Catalogue reference: HW 1/3743
Date: 1945 May 1
BONIFACE, see HW 1/3740
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Southern Europe: ammunition shells reveal problems, and reference to German division...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/1743
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This record is about the Southern Europe: ammunition shells reveal problems, and reference to German division... dating from 1943 June 17 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 1/1743
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Date (When the record was created)
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1943 June 17
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Southern Europe: ammunition shells reveal problems, and reference to German division in Corsica, June 16; German reinforcements being sent to Corsica, June 16; 16th Division Hermann Goering to transfer to Sicily as soon as possible, June 16; 16th Panzer Division located south of Florence, June 8; Kesselring had ordered rapid despatch of units to augment those already in Italian area, June 16; Italian defence orders to effect that German Sardinia Division need not intervene automatically in west coast of Sardinia, June 16; with affect from late June 19 flights prohibited by GAF over Corsica, June 16; GAF reconnaissance of Malta airfields reveal an increase of nearly 50% over average in number of aircraft on June 16.
South-east Europe: Naval Command Dalmatia reports that experience at Pantelleria proved that severe bombing could make supplying of detached outposts impossible, June 15; report on operations by GAF Command South-east on June 15.
Russian Front: GAF air attack on Saratov oil refinery night of June 15.
Japanese ambassador, Berlin: reports on liaison mission visit to Eastern Front, June 15.
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c/3561
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