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BONIFACE, see HW 1/3740
Catalogue reference: HW 1/3743
Date: 1945 May 1
BONIFACE, see HW 1/3740
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Southern Europe: results of Allied bombing raids on Rome, Mar 1-3, some damage to...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/2615
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This record is about the Southern Europe: results of Allied bombing raids on Rome, Mar 1-3, some damage to... dating from 1944 Mar 13 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 1/2615
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944 Mar 13
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Description (What the record is about)
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Southern Europe: results of Allied bombing raids on Rome, Mar 1-3, some damage to Vatican.
Russian Front: 6th Army soon to be completely encircled, Mar 9, heavy German losses with some regiments now being down to some 80-100 survivors.
Naval Headlines: U-boat communications and events in Far East.
Japanese ambassador, Berlin: report of Mar 7 on results of Allied daylight raid on Berlin the previous day, the first such raid on this scale.
Siamese minister, Berlin: report of Mar 8 on Allied daylight raid on Berlin on Mar 6, no GAF fighter reaction and Allied aircraft dropped propaganda leaflets, also item on major developments in Finland which were still being withheld from the German public, Finland possibly a second Italy in the making.
Turkish minister, Stockholm: Swedish attempts to broker a peace agreement between Finland and the Soviet Union, Mar 9.
Turkish Foreign Ministry, Ankara: message of Mar 9 to Turkish ambassadors in London, Moscow and Washington on future Soviet intentions, an advance through Europe along the Danube.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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c/5990
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Open Document, Open Description
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