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Southern Europe: attack by Spitfires on Catania on July 19; Allied attack in direction...

Catalogue reference: HW 1/1856

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This record is about the Southern Europe: attack by Spitfires on Catania on July 19; Allied attack in direction... dating from 1943 July 20 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 1/1856
Date
1943 July 20
Description

Southern Europe: attack by Spitfires on Catania on July 19; Allied attack in direction of Paterno expected early on July 20; Goering orders that Catania be developed into an impregnable fortress, July 18; Allied air attack on Rome, July 19; situation report for July 19 including Italian division encircled at Raddusa.

Kesselring reports that General Major Rodt to be dismissed, July 19.

Naval Headlines.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
c/3928
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Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4465084/

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