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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: GAF Western Command calls for volunteers for suicide squads to use...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/3709
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HW 1/3709
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1945 Apr 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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Western Europe: GAF Western Command calls for volunteers for suicide squads to use training aircraft against important targets in rear of Allies front line, Apr 14; Hitler gives boundaries for new fortress in Netherlands, Apr 17; Hitler orders forces to be withdrawn from Ijssel line of Netherlands' fortress to oppose Allied push from Arnhem, Apr 17; German attempts to overcome Georgian mutineers on Texel Island continue, Apr 17; Hitler orders 11th Army to adopt Russian tactics of 1942-44 and form self-contained battle groups to hit vulnerable targets behind enemy lines, Apr 17; GAF to consider needs of civilian population when attempting to deny use of facilities to Allies by destroying key installations before withdrawal, Apr 17; Hitler orders that President of Red Cross, Duke of Coburg, must not be taken by Allies, Apr 8.
Naval Headlines.
French delegate, Stockholm: meeting of senior German officers on Apr 10 to discuss possibilities of continuing operations in Norway, Apr 16.
German ambassador, Madrid: German consulates in Teneriffe and Las Palmas to follow lead of Madrid and destroy all sensitive documents not required for daily working purposes, Apr 17.
Portuguese ambassador, Vatican City: Italian press reports of Apr 15 on peace feelers by Germany using good services of Portugal; German ambassador in Rome has no knowledge of this rumour and is critical of Hitler whom he considers should have started such peace moves a long time ago, Apr 16.
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c/9031
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