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Southern Europe: naval authority Messina informed on July 23 of Italian high command's...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/1875
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This record is about the Southern Europe: naval authority Messina informed on July 23 of Italian high command's... dating from 1943 July 24 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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- 1943 July 24
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Southern Europe: naval authority Messina informed on July 23 of Italian high command's intention to defend north-eastern region of Sicily to the last; supply stocks in Palermo considered by the Germans to have been destroyed, July 22; Allied raid by heavy bombers on Foggia railway station on July 22; Italian E-boats to operate against Allied units sighted making for Acireale, July 23; Axis steamer sunk, July 23; Allied raids on Crete, July 23.
South-east Europe: German secret service report of intended Allied attack on Crete, July 17.
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