STATE SECRET FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2538, sig. 109-12/185 (damaged)

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T/0 SS0 THE MILITARY SITUATION IN NORDAFRICA. Explanation of characters: l= the front in Libya (before Tobruk) and in Egypt (east Söllum) at the beginning of May l94l; 2= the Front in Libya at the 24.3.l94l, before the start of the German-Italian )ffensive; 3= the line taken by the Italians in Egypt to the 7.l2.l940; 4= Mediterranean; 5= Railway; 6-land road.- The arrows indicate the direction of the german-Italian attack. (GEoPRESS.) G E Q R R E S S _Nr.381 (41/36) May 1941. THE EVENTS IN IRAK (beginning of May 194l). Declaration of sign: l(black area)=British possessions and Egypt(under British military control); 2=UK airfields in İrak; 3= Earthfields; 4= Petroleum pipelines. (GEOPRESS.)