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West Europe: Germans expect Allied attack in Caen area, July 7; situation reports,...

Catalogue reference: HW 1/3043

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This record is about the West Europe: Germans expect Allied attack in Caen area, July 7; situation reports,... dating from 1944 July 8 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 1/3043
Date
1944 July 8
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West Europe: Germans expect Allied attack in Caen area, July 7; situation reports, Caen area, July 7; 12th SS Panzer Division tank serviceability, July 7; 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division facing Allied penetrations south southwest of Carentan, July 7; 84th Army Corps intentions to deal with enemy break through, July 7; Panzer Lehr Division transferring to west of St Lo, July 7; Allied raid on Dijon causes severe railway damage, night of July 5-6 South Europe: German casualties in raid on Montpellier on July 5; Italian Front battle reports, July 7, 14th Panzer Corps suffers extraordinarily high casualties.

South-east Europe: naval damage in Trieste raid of July 6; guerilla leaders in northern Yugoslavia reportedly declare cessation of hostile actions to provide basis for negotiations, July 5.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
c/7019
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Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4466223/

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