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

30 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: that German reinforcements are being prepared for North Africa on April 26; that the German forces in North Africa are below strength, on April 24; a 10th Air Corps report of an air raid on Alexandria, on April 28-29; that a German Air Force (GAF) bomber unit is to return to Greece from Sicily on April 29; that the Germans are anticipating attacks on Norway from Russia and Scotland, on April 29; that German intelligence, 'from a good source', forecasts a British offensive in Libya will not begin before June; the German secret service reports that over a thousand U.S. aircraft arrived in Russia, half of them for the Chinese, on April 28; that Norwich is indicated as the target for an air raid on April 29-30; a German Y service assessment of the British order of battle in Libya, on April 26; Special Naval Headlines, covering U-boat operations against Convoy QP11, concentrating on HMS Edinburgh being hit by torpedoes on April 29-30, and a report of an air raid on Trondheim; the German secret service reports that the British Air Force knew the location of the GAF's headquarters east of Benghazi, on April 13; the provenance of this was queried by the Prime Minister (PM); various replies are included; and a Naval Headlines report, covering Italian convoys in the Mediterranean.
china south africa libya bulgaria malta greece germany russia aircraft italy manpower norway scotland canary islands sicily second world war british army military intelligence military organisation military dispositions intelligence reports government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence german army predicting enemy intentions spanish armed forces german navy italian navy german air force air raids assessing enemy strength military situation reports troop movements desert war allied strategy military commanders shipping losses aerial attacks aerial attacks on ships arctic convoys allied supplies to the ussr
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bulgaria Canary Islands China Germany Greece Italy Libya Malta Norway Russia Scotland Sicily South Africa
Document Reference
HW1 /537/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /537
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0537.002
Keywords
Troop Movements German Army Military Dispositions Military Organisation Manpower Military Situation Reports Desert War Aerial Attacks German Air Force Predicting Enemy Intentions Intelligence Reports Allied Strategy Aircraft Allied Supplies To The Ussr Air Raids British Army Assessing Enemy Strength German U-boats Naval Intelligence Arctic Convoys Shipping Losses Aerial Attacks On Ships German Navy Military Commanders Italian Navy Spanish Armed Forces
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
46
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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