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South Europe: Hermann Goering Division going over to defence, July 12; Allied tanks...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/1830
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943 July 13
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South Europe: Hermann Goering Division going over to defence, July 12; Allied tanks moving out from Augusta, July 13; GAF Do217 bomber unit, fully trained in night flying, subordinate to 2nd Air Fleet, July 12; indication that 2nd Air Fleet has insufficient forces for air support July 13; GAF fighter transferred from Sardinia to Sicily, July 12; German paratroops to be dropped as reinforcements west of Catania, July 12; Hermann Goering Division withdrawing, Italian divisional HQ surrounded, July 13; Allied raid on Reggio, GAF communications destroyed, July 12; 14,000 men of 26th Panzer Division and HQ 14th Panzer Corps en route Reggio, July 13; GAF unit to move at once from San Pietro to Catania, July 12; Germans on Sicily seek artillery and anti-tank support, July 13
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- Europe and Russia
- Weapons
- Intelligence
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