Premium

20.500.12592/fg77s2

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

23 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 on North Africa: that Rommel thanks the German and Italian admirals for the acceptance of the new supply programme for Benghazi, on May 3; that German supply columns in Tripoli are to move immediately to Derna, on May 21; and a German Navy situation report of May 22.
italy shipping mines norway transportation ports warships second world war military intelligence military supplies battle of the atlantic government code and cypher school german u-boats german navy erwin rommel military situation reports desert war shipping losses
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Norway
Document Reference
HW1 /590/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /590
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0590.002
Keywords
Military Supplies Transportation Shipping Ports Desert War Military Situation Reports German Navy Warships Mines German U-boats Battle Of The Atlantic Shipping Losses
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
9
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

Related Topics

All