B (Contd.) C. 5. No ships going from Sicily to Libya are convoyed now. It is too dangerous to risk battleship. 6. There are 20,000 troops accumulated at Naples waiting to leave for Africa. The congestion is due to the fact that so many transports are sunk. 7. A young Austrian soldier who had been detailed to sail to Libya sought sanctuary in the Duomo at Naples. Two Gestapo men shot him on the high alter. 8. 300 German soldier, but no Italian, were saved from a troopship which was torpedoed off the island of Djerba last week.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Belgium England France Germany India Italy Libya Malta Netherlands Sicily Spain
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/105/6
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/105
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0105.006
- Keywords
- Rumours Propaganda Deception Nazi Leadership Shipping Losses Deserters Sabotage Bombing
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Geheime Staatspolizei Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Inter-Services Security Board
- Pages
- 4
- Persons Discussed
- Joachim von Ribbentrop Stephen Shoosmith
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Propaganda Censorship Psychological Warfare
