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

3 Nov 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 German Air Force (GAF) air reconnaissance report for the Western Desert, on November 1; on the GAF's problems transporting aviation fuel by air to Africa, on November 1; that the GAF request the immediate sailing of the Procina and Maritza from Greece to Libya carrying urgently needed fuel, on November 1; on General Rommel in Italy, from November 1; a report of an RAF raid on Derna, on November 1; and that the GAF in Crete is short of bombs, and detailing its build up of stocks, on November 1.
libya malta greece italy shipping transportation fuel crete sicily second world war military intelligence royal air force aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school erwin rommel desert war supply problems aerial attacks
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Greece Italy Libya Malta Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /186/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /186
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0186.002
Keywords
Desert War Aerial Reconnaissance Transportation Fuel Supply Problems Shipping Royal Air Force Aerial Attacks
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
13
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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