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Special train, Steiermark, used as Himmler's personal HQ, located at Deutsch Krone,...

Catalogue reference: HW 1/3491

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This record is about the Special train, Steiermark, used as Himmler's personal HQ, located at Deutsch Krone,... dating from 1945 Jan 28 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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Reference
HW 1/3491
Date
1945 Jan 28
Description

Special train, Steiermark, used as Himmler's personal HQ, located at Deutsch Krone, west Prussia, on Jan 22.

Order for GAF fighter protection of loading up areas against low-level attacks, Jan 27.

Western Europe: GAF orders specify protection of army transport movements in Muenster area as a major commitment, Jan 28.

Naval Headlines.

Japanese ambassador, Berlin: Vice-Minister Steengracht's views of Soviet offensive, Jan 23.

M de Saint-Hardouin, Ankara: Turkish views on European political situation, Jan 24.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berlin: German propaganda directives, Jan 24.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
c/8520
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4466680/

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