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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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West Europe: Germans order complete evacuation of civilians from west coast of Cherbourg...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/3083
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This record is about the West Europe: Germans order complete evacuation of civilians from west coast of Cherbourg... dating from 1944 July 17 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 1/3083
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944 July 17
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Description (What the record is about)
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West Europe: Germans order complete evacuation of civilians from west coast of Cherbourg Peninsula, July 16; Germans claim to hold attack in Caen area with heavy Allied losses, July 16; 2nd Fighter Corps orders attacks with all available forces on Allied concentrations west and southwest of Caen from July 17; GAF fighter protection requested for 12th Panzer Division moving from southeast of Caen to north of Lisieux, July 17; Panzer Lehr front line, 352nd Infantry Division supply difficulties as Vire bridge under artillery fire, July 16; 9th SS Panzer Division in counter thrust near Gavrus, July 16; air attack on warship Tirpitz in Altenfjord, July 17, no hits.
South-east Europe: Symi apparently clear of enemy, naval signal station and 2 anti-submarine vessels destroyed by Allied commando, July 15.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- c/7128
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