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HW 1/323 BONIFACE reports: Russian front: air
attacks on Archangel harbour under consideration by 5th Air Fleet, Dec 12;
German division in Moscow area exhausted and under heavy attack, Dec 12
withdrawal of 4th Panzer Group, Dec 11; German forces in Tula area under
heavy pressure from Soviet attacks, supply situation hampered by snow, Dec
10; report issued by 4th Panzer Group on Dec 12 indicated that 7th Army
Corps beat off a battalion strength attack, 9th Army Corps, 40th and 46th
Panzer Corps withdrawing in face of Soviet advance on Central Moscow
Front; German forces in Tula area under Soviet attacks, 29th Motorised
Division down to two battalions and five guns, movement difficult because
of ice and snow drifts, Dec 12 1941 HW 1/330 BONIFACE reports: Africa Corps and Panzer Group moving into Agedabia area with fighter protection: British line of advance developing along Mechili to Benghazi, Dec 20; Kesselring rejects shortage of fuel as reason for inadequate fighter protection for Panzer Group Africa, Dec 19; blocking unit currently in Athens requested to hold area to east of Benghazi to enable evacuation of valuable supplies, Dec 20; Panzer Group requests continuous air attacks on British forces threatening Maraua, Dec 20; fuel stocks at Magrum and Benina Dec 20, shipping directed to Tripoli as unloading not possible at Benghazi 1941 |
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HW 1/328 BONIFACE reports: North Africa: Kesselring states that reports of British landings at Sirte are false, Rommel should discount them in deciding whether to retire, Dec 19; German Africa Corps attacked by dive bombers, Dec 18, Panzer Group Africa requested air attacks on British forces 1941 .................HW 1/323 BONIFACE reports: Supply ships for GAF Africa cancelled, aircraft to concentrate on reconnaissance and destruction of British positions and to harass British lines of advance, Dec 14 1941................HW 1/323 BONIFACE reports: Kesselring ordered aviation fuel to be flown to German forces in Africa both by day and by night Dec13 1941...........HW 1/1341 Naval headlines: patrol line for Haudegen group of U-boats to intercept expected convoy, refuelling rendezvous for Jaguar group of U-boats, German cargo ship Lisboa torpedoed off Sousse Request for resumption of BONIFACE Feb 1 1943.................HW 1/1707 Telegram for Air Cde Spencer, alias for PM visiting Middle East, via Admiral Cunningham, with ULTRA (BONIFACE) summary of intelligence 1943 Taken from records at the PRO, Kew, London conversations regarding Tommy Flowers a (Gods Poor Orphan) Colossuses maker at Bletchley, and my 40 years plus working career with the good old General Post Office. Maurice A Christie |
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