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

8 Mar 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 reports: intelligence on German Air Force (GAF) railway attacks in North Africa on March 7; on GAF operations and reconnaissance on March 7; on a GAF attack on a railway on March 7; on GAF railway operations on the night of March 6-7; a GAF report for March 7 and their intentions for March 8; intelligence on the arrival of an Axis convoy being postponed to March 10; that a GAF bomber and fighter unit is to transfer from Sicily on March 8-9, noting that the transfer is a 2-day deployment, perhaps to support an Axis convoy to Tripoli on March 10; on GAF plans for a torpedo attack on the Suez Canal on March 7; a GAF report from March 7; and details of an Axis convoy on March 7. This file also includes the following reports on the Russian front: a German 9th Corps report from March 5; a ground forces report to the GAF Air Fleet 4 on March 5; a German ground forces report from March 5; part of a German ground forces report for March 7; and a GAF 4th Air Fleet warning against sabotage and increased paratroop operations from March 7.
security aircraft artillery guerrilla warfare italy shipping prisoners of war railways submarines oil suez canal crete réunion sicily second world war bombing military operations casualties military intelligence military supplies tanks convoys paratroopers eastern front battles sabotage airfields government code and cypher school german army photographic reconnaissance code words german navy german air force air raids assessing enemy strength red army military situation reports troop movements
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Italy Réunion Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /395/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /395
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0395.002
Keywords
Railways German Air Force Military Supplies Oil Air Raids Submarines Bombing German Navy Assessing Enemy Strength Aircraft Convoys Code Words Shipping Suez Canal Photographic Reconnaissance Artillery Eastern Front Military Operations Military Situation Reports Battles Tanks Red Army German Army Casualties Troop Movements Sabotage Airfields Paratroopers Security Guerrilla Warfare Prisoners Of War
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
37
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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