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Western Europe: Army Group B plans for 7th and 15th Armies and for 5th Panzer Army,...

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This record is about the Western Europe: Army Group B plans for 7th and 15th Armies and for 5th Panzer Army,... dating from 1944 Aug 31 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 1/3195

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1944 Aug 31

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Western Europe: Army Group B plans for 7th and 15th Armies and for 5th Panzer Army, withdrawal to line Dieppe - Senlis overnight Aug 30/31, 347th Division moving from Holland to Hirson - Charleville area, Aug 30; 13th Anti-aircraft Artillery Division ordered to withdraw behind the Somme, Aug 30; Allies advance through Gournay and continue north-easterly advance, Aug 30; remnants of 21st Panzer Division moving to new assembly area between Beauvais and east of Rheims, possibly to join Army Group G, Aug 29; Army Group G combat report for Aug 30 showing progress of its formations up the Rhone Valley; 49th Infantry Division and 18th GAF Division to withdraw to Beauvais area Aug 30 in face of Allied advance; combat reports from Beauvais and Rouen areas, Aug 30; all GAF units south-west of line Dunkirk - Charleville to be transferred to north-east after destroying their present bases, Aug 28; Germans prepare to destroy harbour and industrial installations at Antwerp prior to evacuation, Aug 28; German casualty report for Brest, Aug 27.

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