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

27 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 Kesselring's battle headquarters are at Derna on May 26; that the 8th Air Corps is to attack Sevastopol, on May 27; of operational orders for the German Air Force (GAF) on the Eastern Front for May 27; and a correction of an earlier report of Soviet use of gas, on May 25.
chemical warfare italy romania second world war military intelligence eastern front military organisation government code and cypher school operations planning german army red army soviet air force encirclement
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Romania
Document Reference
HW1 /600/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /600
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0600.002
Keywords
Military Organisation German Army Operations Planning Eastern Front Encirclement Red Army Chemical Warfare Soviet Air Force
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
11
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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