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BONIFACE, see HW 1/3756
Catalogue reference: HW 1/3757
Date: 1945 May 6
BONIFACE, see HW 1/3756
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Western Europe: day report from Army H Group B for Feb 18, expected Allied attack...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/3529
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This record is about the Western Europe: day report from Army H Group B for Feb 18, expected Allied attack... dating from 1945 Feb 20 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 1/3529
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945 Feb 20
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Western Europe: day report from Army H Group B for Feb 18, expected Allied attack against flank of Eiffel bulge with strong infantry and tanks being countered by 2nd Panzer Division; list of war gas factories and gas ammunition depots needing increased protection, installations not to fall into Allied hands, no demolitions, arrangements to be made for evacuation, installations to be protected against surprise attack and to be defended until evacuation complete; Chief Commander for Anti-Gas Defence moving to Stuttgart area, Feb 16.
Naval Headlines: new patrol line for Rasmus Group of U-boats; U-boats deployed 90 miles north-west of Bloody Foreland and 100 miles west of Scilly Islands; U-boats in area south of Ireland ordered to seek traffic to east or north-east; Small Battle Units Command requiring information about mole defences and protection of Ostend harbour; German cruiser Nuernberg undamaged in sabotage attempt at Copenhagen although quay severely damaged.
Japanese ambassador Berlin: interview with Vice-Minister Steengracht, progress of war on Eastern Front, unconfirmed report from Sweden on three-power conference, Feb 15.
French ambassador London: Polish reactions to Crimea Conference, Feb 14.
Greek ambassador Ankara: Turkish reservations over Crimea Conference, Feb 17; Turkish reaction to Churchill's visit to Athens following Crimea Conference.
Directive from National Socialist Directing Staff to political commissars of all Fortress Commandants and Sea Defence Commandants regarding Yalta communiqué, Feb 19.
Naval Headlines of Feb 18: attack by German saboteurs planned against airfield north of Ancona, mine-layer Kuckuck damaged in air raid on Guarnero dockyard; Allied carrier-based aircraft attacked shipping in Yokusuka area.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- c/8633
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