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

25 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 the German Air Force (GAF) are preparing for night operations south of Sollum and over Tobruk, on May 24; and the Naval Headlines, covering German preparations to attack Arctic convoys, Italian fears of a British landing on Crete, and Spanish activity on the Eastern Front.
libya germany air warfare italy warships crete second world war military intelligence government code and cypher school operations planning german u-boats naval intelligence predicting enemy intentions italian navy german air force desert war arctic convoys
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Germany Italy Libya
Document Reference
HW1 /596/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /596
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0596.002
Keywords
Operations Planning Air Warfare German Air Force Desert War Naval Intelligence German U-boats Warships Arctic Convoys Italian Navy Predicting Enemy Intentions
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
7
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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