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Southern Europe: 26th Panzer Division regrouping in Catanzaro area, July 24; Reggio...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/1885
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This record is about the Southern Europe: 26th Panzer Division regrouping in Catanzaro area, July 24; Reggio... dating from 1943 July 27 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 1/1885
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1943 July 27
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Southern Europe: 26th Panzer Division regrouping in Catanzaro area, July 24; Reggio and Leghorn to send by ferry goods only, not motor transport or troops, July 26; morale of Italian forces in Aegean lowered by Allied landings in Sicily, July 13; situation report on Sicily for July 25, Allies attacking with superior forces along north coast; 15th Panzer Division report tank losses, July 21; 2nd Air Fleet operational orders for July 27, to prevent Allied landings on Sicilian and Calabrian coasts; German CinC South-East assesses 60 to 70% of Allied shipping in Mediterranean available for purposes other than invasion of Sicily, July 19; heavy bombers to attack Allied landing attempts, north coast Sicily, July 26.
Argentinian minister, Berne: Italian Army's shortage of weapons, and general demoralisation of Italian populace, July 22.
Japanese minister, Berne: correspondence between Franco and Don Juan, July 21.
Portuguese minister, Stockholm: Swedish attitude to air raid on Rome, and Swedish intention to repudiate agreement with Germany on passage of German troops through Sweden, July 22.
Turkish military attaché, Kuibyshev: Soviet insistence on necessity for second front, July 22.
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c/4003
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