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

24 Apr 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 German Air Force (GAF) night fighters are to be used for local defence and over Egypt on April 22; on the Southern Russian Front: of GAF operational orders for April 23; on the Mediterranean: of GAF operations and intentions for April 23-24; and that the 10th Air Corps' operations directorate is to operate from Crete from April 25.
italy crete second world war military intelligence eastern front military organisation government code and cypher school german air force desert war aerial attacks night fighters
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /519/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /519
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0519.002
Keywords
German Air Force Night Fighters Desert War Aerial Attacks Eastern Front Military Organisation
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
12
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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