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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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Western Europe: combat report from 2nd Parachute Corps on Normandy Front for July...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/3078
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This record is about the Western Europe: combat report from 2nd Parachute Corps on Normandy Front for July... dating from 1944 July 16 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944 July 16
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Western Europe: combat report from 2nd Parachute Corps on Normandy Front for July 15, very heavy Allied attacks in St Lo area, heavy German losses forcing withdrawals; 10th SS Ranger Division expecting major Allied attack in Caen and River Orne area, July 15; 2nd Parachute Corps decimated and probably unable to defend St Lo against any future major Allied attack, July 15; partial withdrawal by 2nd SS Panzer Division, July 15; Goering prohibits all GAF aircraft from overflying areas hit by Allied air raids, July 14.
Southern Europe: detailed Axis plans as of July 13 for establishment of joint German/Italian force, Army Liguria, to defend coast from French frontier through Genoa to Spezia with details and tasks of units to be involved; Hermann Goering Division to return to Germany from Italy, July 14.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- c/7115
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