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Section 5, chapter F: campaign against Italian East Africa; subsidiary operations...
Catalogue reference: CAB 44/80
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950 Aug.
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Section 5, chapter F: campaign against Italian East Africa; subsidiary operations northern and western sectors, 1941 Jan.-Aug., by Lieutenant-Colonel J.E.B. Barton.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- AL 1200/50
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- Open Document, Open Description
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