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

27 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: German Air Force (GAF) air operations of November 27; an Italian admiral's appreciation of November 27; a GAF report on excellent results with 2 cm armour piercing shells and a request for more, with a query from the Prime Minister (PM) and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff's (CIGS') reply; on the Moscow Front: German reports of November 26; of a XLI Army Corps move on November 27; a German report of November 26; and a 12th Anti-Aircraft division operational report for November 26.
libya armaments italy second world war bombing british army military intelligence government code and cypher school german air force military situation reports desert war anti-aircraft defence invasion of the soviet union captured settlements
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Libya
Document Reference
HW1 /270/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /270
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0270.002
Keywords
Desert War German Air Force Bombing British Army Military Situation Reports Invasion Of The Soviet Union Captured Settlements Anti-aircraft Defence Armaments
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
21
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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