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Southern Europe: results of Allied air raid on railway installations in Ferrara area...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/3063
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This record is about the Southern Europe: results of Allied air raid on railway installations in Ferrara area... dating from 1944 July 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 1/3063
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944 July 13
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Description (What the record is about)
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Southern Europe: results of Allied air raid on railway installations in Ferrara area on July 8; 715th Division moving south to join 76th Corps on main Italian Front after rest and refit in Ravenna area, July 12, 162nd Turkish Division taking over coastal sector; lessons learned from Normandy lead Germans to introduce special defence systems to river estuaries in Adriatic, July 2; Kesselring tightens up on military supplies, looters to be shot on spot and officers found doing irregular requisitioning to be court martialled, July 11.
Western Europe: results of Allied air raid on Nimes and nearby railway installations, July 12; supply situation for 2nd SS Panzer Division stated to be tense on July 11; 1st and 12th SS Panzer Divisions take up new defence line in Caen - St Germain areas in face of very strong Allied attacks, July 9.
GAF HQ, Berlin: general order of July 11 on motor transport crisis within GAF, emergency measures to be implemented.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- c/7076
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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