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

11 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 on North Africa: that the Germans fear a naval bombardment of Derna and Benghazi, on March 10; on the Mediterranean: the German Air Force (GAF) are to attack British naval forces, on March 11; and on the Russian Front: a GAF report of Soviet paratroop operations, for March 10; a report on German leave arrangements for March 23-May 3; and a German report on Soviet attacks in the Taganrog area on March 10.
ukraine rewards italy ports second world war royal navy military intelligence paratroopers government code and cypher school operations planning german army predicting enemy intentions red army desert war invasion of the soviet union aerial attacks on ships naval bombardment
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Ukraine
Document Reference
HW1 /404/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /404
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0404.002
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions Royal Navy Ports Naval Bombardment Desert War Operations Planning Aerial Attacks On Ships Red Army Paratroopers German Army Invasion Of The Soviet Union Rewards
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
15
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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