Premium

20.500.12592/m44ggn

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

19 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 BONIFACE reports: the 10th Air Corps' report that the supply situation at Sollum is extremely strained and a request to provide a supply drop and to attack British artillery positions on December 16 and 17; on a success by the British forces in making a break in the Gazala position and a report of 800 British prisoners taken as of December 16; of the death of the commander of the 15th Panzer Division in Derna on December 9; on the order of 100 lorries to transport munitions and equipment to Sicily from December 17; and a German Air Force (GAF) report of two torpedo hits on a British cruiser on December 17.
libya aircraft armaments artillery interrogation italy transportation prisoners of war warships fuel sicily second world war personnel equipment military operations casualties british army royal navy military intelligence military supplies tanks government code and cypher school german army german air force hastings ismay military situation reports
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Libya Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /327/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /327
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0327.002
Keywords
Fuel Military Supplies German Air Force Aircraft Prisoners Of War Interrogation Military Intelligence British Army German Army Personnel Casualties Armaments Royal Navy Warships Artillery Military Situation Reports Military Operations Tanks Transportation Equipment
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
13
Persons Discussed
Hastings Ismay
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

Related Topics

All