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

13 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 the Mediterranean: a German Air Force (GAF) report of an attack on a British naval formation on March 11; and on the Russian Front: that German ground forces repelled Soviet attacks on March 11; and that the GAF are to provide extra anti-aircraft protection for railways, from March 12.
ukraine russia italy railways romania sicily second world war defence royal navy military intelligence adolf hitler government code and cypher school red army military situation reports anti-aircraft defence invasion of the soviet union counter-attacks aerial attacks on ships
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Romania Russia Sicily Ukraine
Document Reference
HW1 /408/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /408
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0408.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Aerial Attacks On Ships Royal Navy Defence Counter-attacks Red Army Invasion Of The Soviet Union Anti-aircraft Defence Railways
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
11
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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