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

19 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 on North Africa: a German Air Force (GAF) report on British action on November 19; on North Africa: that the GAF urgently need fighters on November 19; that GAF Derna is to cease communication with Italy on November 19; a GAF report of an advance of British tanks on November 19; of the GAF restricting radio traffic to important messages; that GAF bombers are to move forward on November 20; of GAF operations for November 19; and a GAF report for November 19.
security aircraft communications italy second world war british army military intelligence tanks military dispositions government code and cypher school german army german air force desert war counter-attacks captured settlements
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /230/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /230
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0230.002
Keywords
Desert War British Army Captured Settlements German Air Force Aircraft Military Dispositions Communications Security Tanks German Army Counter-attacks
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
19
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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