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Southern Europe: suspected Allied paratroop landing south of Naples, July 22; Axis...

Catalogue reference: HW 1/1873

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HW 1/1873
Date
1943 July 23
Description

Southern Europe: suspected Allied paratroop landing south of Naples, July 22; Axis military chain of command in Sicily, July 21; Germans claim sinkings of merchant tonnage on east coast of Sicily, July 22.

South-east Europe: successful Allied attack on Preveza, western Greece, on July 22.

German secret service report on Kesselring's view that Sicily would develop like Tunis and lack of morale in Italy, July 23.

Naval Headlines.

Japanese ambassador, Berlin, anxious to visit Hitler, July 19.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
c/3975
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Taxation
Trade and commerce
Europe and Russia
Intelligence
Navy
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4465101/

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