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

8 Oct 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: on objectives being reached by the 1st Panzer Group on October 6 in Ukraine; on the positions reached on October 6 and central sector intentions for October 7; a situation report for October 6 in southern Ukraine; on supply difficulties for the Central Army Group; on demarkation lines for the 4th and 5th Air Corps and operational orders for October 8; on German intentions for 8 and 9 October on the north coast of the Sea of Azov, to thrust toward Maryupol; on the German listening service reading Soviet signals. This file also contains Naval Headlines report 100, covering U-boats failing to make contact with a southbound Gibraltar convoy; various convoys being reported as ready to sail to and from Tripoli; and the destroyer Pallade being damaged during an air raid on Tripoli in 1941.
ukraine gibraltar transportation fuel sicily second world war defence military intelligence military supplies convoys adolf hitler operation barbarossa military organisation communications interception government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence german army german navy italian navy german air force german strategy red army military situation reports invasion of the soviet union counter-attacks
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Gibraltar Sicily Ukraine
Document Reference
HW1 /125/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /125
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0125.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports German Army Operation Barbarossa German Strategy Red Army Defence Military Organisation Counter-attacks Military Supplies Transportation German Air Force Communications Interception Military Intelligence Naval Intelligence German Navy German U-boats Convoys Italian Navy Fuel Invasion Of The Soviet Union
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
24
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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