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

3 Dec 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 the North Africa German Air Force (GAF): air operations of December 1; GAF reconnaissance and operations for December 2; a reconnaissance section strength return for December 2; a report on RAF activity on December 1-2; a GAF report on reconnaissance and RAF attacks on December 2; a GAF Derna report on air movements between Africa and Greece on December 2; and a GAF report that ME109s for Africa are to leave Italy for Greece on December 3.
libya greece air warfare aircraft italy new zealand transportation crete second world war british army military intelligence royal air force aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school german air force military situation reports desert war encirclement
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Greece Italy Libya New Zealand
Document Reference
HW1 /291/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /291
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0291.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Desert War Encirclement British Army Aerial Reconnaissance German Air Force Royal Air Force Air Warfare Transportation Aircraft
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
19
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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