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

18 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 9th Army report of November 16 on heavy fighting in the Kalinin area; of the activities of the 47th Panzer Corps, 53rd Army Corps, 24th Panzer Corps, and 43rd Army Corps for November 16; that the fuel state is very low; on Crimea for November 16: Kerch was captured with fighting continuing north of Balaclava; of 4th Air Fleet special orders for air reconnaissances on November 15 over southern Ukraine and the Caucasus; of the 4th Air Fleet's operational orders for November 16: a lack of winter equipment is hindering attack; attacks are to continue on shipping between Crimea and the Caucasus; the 4th Air Corps is to eliminate the Red Air Force in the Sevastopol area and reconnoitre Voroshilovgrad; a report of fighting in the sector south west of Moscow on November 16; a situation report on operations in Russia issued by the supreme command of the army on November 17; that a German bomber unit is to return to France from the Russian Front; a situation report on Yugoslavia, for November 15; that the German Air Force (GAF) in the Rostov sector and Crimea is short of fuel, on November 17; that Wuersburg and Freya radio location equipment are urgently needed in North Africa because of the increasingly critical air situation, on November 17; that General Rommel is to return to Africa from Greece on November 18; that a Bombay aircraft was shot down near Gaala on November 17; and that 35 RAF prisoners are to be flown out to Greece on November 18.
ukraine france serbia greece germany russia croatia italy prisoners of war railways yugoslavia fuel crete second world war equipment military operations partisans military intelligence royal air force operation barbarossa bosnia government code and cypher school german army erwin rommel german air force red army military situation reports troop movements air raid warning systems invasion of the soviet union supply problems
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bosnia Crete Croatia France Germany Greece Italy Russia Serbia Ukraine Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /220/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /220
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0220.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Operation Barbarossa German Army Red Army Supply Problems Fuel Military Operations German Air Force Equipment Railways Troop Movements Partisans Air Raid Warning Systems Royal Air Force Prisoners Of War Invasion Of The Soviet Union
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
37
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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