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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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PM from C. Italy: battle reports of 51st Mountain Corps, 5th Mountain Division, 114th...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/2811
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HW 1/2811
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944 May 20
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Description (What the record is about)
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PM from C.
Italy: battle reports of 51st Mountain Corps, 5th Mountain Division, 114th Jaeger Division, 94th Infantry Division, 1st Parachute Division, 26th Panzer Division and 90th Panzer Grenadier Division, May 19; 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division anticipating large-scale Allied attack Cisterna-Littoria involving mainly US forces, May 19; defence line of main body of 94th Division, May 19; slight withdrawal of 44th Division near Campodimele, boundaries with 94th Division, Battle HQ of 90th Panzer Grenadier Division at Monte Picolo, May 19; Hermann Goering Panzer Division requests attachment of Air Liaison Officer as matter of urgency, May 19; shipping damaged in air raid on Spezia, May 19.
Eastern Europe: report from Naval Liaison Officer Army H Group South for May 18: heavy fighting in Bessarabia.
Naval Headlines: U-boats in Dragoner Group fitted with device enabling recharging of batteries while submerged; German Naval authorities warned of possible use by invading Allied forces of powerful and long-range flame projectors; Abwehr reports indicateAllied landing between Genoa and Nice planned for some time after May 25; mopping up of Krk begun by police troops, May 18; Peloponnese declared battle zone, all civilian shipping and fishing prohibited; Japanese battleship Fuso and units of 1st Mobile Fleet organised into Mobile Force to protect sea communications, to concentrate in central-southern area of Philippines by May 10; 6th Japanese Submarine Fleet to patrol Marshall Islands area, area between Mussau and Wewak and to supply Japanese bases in Marshalls; Japanese light cruiser possibly Noshiro hit by torpedoes off Davao; Japanese convoy including seaplane carrier Akitsushima due to arrive Palao May 19.
Germany: analysis of morale and internal situation, May 18.
Japanese ambassador, Ankara: Turkish Foreign Minister's comments on prospects for Second Front, May 17.
French minister, Bucharest: comments on Soviet forces pause in south east, May 16.
Turkish military attaché, Budapest: 50% Hungarian aircraft losses in air battles over Hungary, May 17.
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c/6537
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Open Document, Open Description
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