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

25 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 report of the merging of units of the German Air Force (GAF) on the Russian Front on September 24; a report that the Battle Group Von Boddgen was relieved by Romanian forces; a German report of British dispositions and locations in the Western Desert; and a statement of losses due to the sinking of the ships Oceania and Neptunia.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Gibraltar Italy Sierra Leone
Document Reference
HW1 /90/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /90
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0090.002
Keywords
German Air Force Military Organisation Military Situation Reports Operation Barbarossa Desert War British Army Naval Intelligence German U-boats Convoys Shipping Losses Invasion Of The Soviet Union
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
12
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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