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Germany: General Staff instruction for preparation of conduct of defensive operations,...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/3537
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This record is about the Germany: General Staff instruction for preparation of conduct of defensive operations,... dating from 1945 Feb 23 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 1/3537
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945 Feb 23
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Description (What the record is about)
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Germany: General Staff instruction for preparation of conduct of defensive operations, Feb 19; from experience in east, Fuehrer has decided to concentrate labour forces and material on positions to be held at all costs, Feb 20.
South Europe: C-in-C Southwest disposition of reserves and regrouping of divisions, Feb 18; Kesselring appeals for coal for steam-driven brains, Feb 13.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- c/8651
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- Topics
- Europe and Russia
- Coal
- Intelligence
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4466726/
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Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister,...
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