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

18 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: on a German Air Force (GAF) shortage of motorised transport fuel, on March 16; a GAF reconnaissance and operations report for March 17; and that the GAF completed the supplying of Gialo on March 17; and on the Russian Front: a German report of Soviet preparations to attack on March 16; and a 46th Panzer Corps report on Russian attacks on March 16.
italy fuel second world war military intelligence aerial reconnaissance military shortages government code and cypher school predicting enemy intentions german air force military situation reports desert war aerial attacks soviet strategy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /421/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /421
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0421.002
Keywords
Military Shortages Fuel Aerial Attacks German Air Force Desert War Aerial Reconnaissance Predicting Enemy Intentions Soviet Strategy Military Situation Reports
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
12
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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