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

22 Jan 1942

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 message: to the Assistant Chief of Air Staff Intelligence (ACASI) for the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) from C, including a note from the Prime Minister (PM) and a response from the CAS to a German report of a Panzer group attack which took the British by surprise and without air support, on January 21.
air warfare aircraft italy second world war military operations military intelligence royal air force tanks airfields government code and cypher school german army air raids military situation reports surprise attacks counter-attacks
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /361/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /361
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0361.002
Keywords
Military Operations Military Situation Reports Royal Air Force Aircraft Airfields Tanks German Army Counter-attacks Surprise Attacks Air Warfare Air Raids
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
4
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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