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 Air Force (GAF) Africa are to undertake a large-scale operation with reduced forces; that the 10th Air Corps was ordered to ferry in all dive bombers from Crete, on May 26; that Italian troops newly arrived in Africa are deficient in training and weapons, but required for a special operation, on May 22; a German intelligence report that the British forces are expecting a German attack; that the Germans are short of motor transport in Benghazi, on May 25; on air reconnaissance of convoy PQ16, and preparations for bomb and torpedo attacks, on May 26-27; and Naval Headlines, covering a German secret service warning of the sailing of an Allied combined operation force, on May 18, noted by the First Sea Lord (ISL) as untrue.
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Crete Egypt Germany Greece Italy Libya Norway
- Document Reference
- HW1 /599/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report
- File Reference
- HW1 /599
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.0599.002
- Keywords
- Military Shortages Aircraft German Air Force Desert War Italian Army Equipment Anti-tank Guns German-italian Relations Predicting Enemy Intentions Transportation Ports Operations Planning Aerial Attacks On Ships Arctic Convoys Naval Intelligence Minesweeping Italian Navy Shipping Battle Of The Atlantic
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Comando Supremo Government Code and Cypher School
- Pages
- 19
- Persons Discussed
- Erwin Rommel
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
