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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: 18th Volksgrenadier Division relieved by 9th Panzer Division, Feb...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/3517
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This record is about the Western Europe: 18th Volksgrenadier Division relieved by 9th Panzer Division, Feb... dating from 1944 Feb 11 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 1/3517
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1944 Feb 11
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Western Europe: 18th Volksgrenadier Division relieved by 9th Panzer Division, Feb 9-10; 59 locomotives damaged in Westphalia between Jan 28 and 30; appeal from von Rundstedt to troops on Western Front to defeat Allied attempt to capture Ruhr industries, Feb 10; CinC West request for reinforcements for garrisons of West Frisian Islands; GAF urging economy in use by all services of 2-cm machine-gun ammunition because of decline in production; none of divisions in 1st Army in high category of fighting efficiency.
Naval Headlines: no contact made with Allied convoy JW 64 by U-boat Group Rasmus; Naval Chief Command North requested by army for battle swimmers to destroy road bridge over Saar at Saarlautern, and later for use on Rhine; Japanese Chief of Staff 13th Base Force, Rangoon, reported Allied landing in Taungup area, orders for withdrawal to be sent separately; Japanese submarine RO-46 embarked fifty army and navy personnel for evacuation from Luzon; air raid by Allied Super Fortresses expected on Singapore.
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c/8595
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