Key Information
Reference code
PENNEY 8/17
Title
Memo by Penney, 3 Feb 1944, on defence against possible German counterattacks
Date(s)
- 1944 Feb 3 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1p
Scope and content
Typescript memorandum from Penney to 168 Infantry Bde and 46 Royal Tank Regiment, entitled, 'Primus Inter Pares - what we have we hold', warning of German counterattack following the Azio landings, Italy, and stressing his order to defend land that has been won. 1p.