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

2 May 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 the Hipper, Prinz Eugen and Scheer are with the 5th Destroyer Flotilla as escort on stand by, on May 1; and that the Admiral commanding the northern waters was ordered to attack an Allied convoy, on May 1.
germany warships second world war military intelligence government code and cypher school naval intelligence german navy aerial attacks on ships arctic convoys
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Germany
Document Reference
HW1 /541/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /541
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0541.002
Keywords
Naval Intelligence German Navy Warships Arctic Convoys Aerial Attacks On Ships
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
3
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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