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South Europe: C-in-C Southwest requests Italian acid smoke output for defence of...

Catalogue reference: HW 1/2743

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HW 1/2743

Date

1944 Apr 26

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South Europe: C-in-C Southwest requests Italian acid smoke output for defence of supply railways in Italy.

South-east Europe: German commandant seeks assistance after Allied landing on Santorin, Apr 23; GAF report on sea situation for Apr 26; Army Group F expects Allied penetration of Dalmatian coast to get supplies to Tito, Apr 25; E-boats in Adriatic short of 7.9mm ammunition because of Hitler's orders on allocation, Apr 23.

West Europe: progress in setting up new 363rd Infantry Division, Mar 20.

Southern Russian Front: 18,886, including 14,170 Roumanians, on passage Sevastopol-Constanza, Apr 24; German fuel train to be sent from Lvov to ease strained fuel situation of Roumanian Army, Apr 25.

Naval Headlines.

German Embassy, Rome: GUNPOWDER messages, food supplies for Rome, need to humour Duce, Mar 27 and 29.

Japanese naval attaché in Italy: political factions around Mussolini, attempt on his life, Mar 24.

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c/6351

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