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Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister, Messages and Correspondence

21 Sep 1941

A file of signals intelligence reports, messages, and correspondence issued by the Government Code and Cypher School and sent by the head ('C') of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) to the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. This file includes the following reports: a message about the reinforcement of the 2nd Air Fleet in the central sector of the Russian Front at the expense of the Leningrad and Ukraine Fronts; photographic reconnaissance reports of Sevastopol and the area east of Odessa; a message about the temporary transfer of bomber and fighter aircraft to Sicily from the 10th Air Corps; a report that the SS Marigola ran aground somewhere between Tripoli and Palermo; and a report that the SS Capo Faro and the Iseo were to sail from Brindisi for Benghazi with the destroyer Orione as escort on September 22. The file also includes a Naval Headlines report that the hospital ship Arno left Tripoli for Naples on September 20.
ukraine malta gibraltar italy shipping military bases sicily second world war military intelligence aerial reconnaissance hermann göring government code and cypher school naval intelligence german air force troop movements
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Gibraltar Italy Malta Sicily Ukraine
Document Reference
HW1 /81/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /81
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0081.002
Keywords
German Air Force Troop Movements Military Bases Aerial Reconnaissance Shipping Naval Intelligence
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
20
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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