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

3 Jun 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 is concerned over the slowness of movements and instructs units to be at six hours' notice for movement; that the 10th Air Corps provided air cover for a damaged U-boat, but was withdrawn when the U-boat was sunk by the crew; on Fliegerfuehrer Africa intentions for June 3, to include fighter protection for the German Africa Corps, with instructions not to attack Acroma or Via Balbia; on the situation in the western Mediterranean, and instructions from Kesselring's headquarters for an attack on an Allied aircraft carrier formation; and that Panzer Army Africa successes include the capture of 3000 prisoners and the commander of the 1st Army Tank Brigade, on June 1.
malta gibraltar prisoners of war warships sardinia second world war british army royal navy military intelligence convoys government code and cypher school operations planning german u-boats german army troop movements desert war shipping losses aerial attacks on ships siege of malta battle of gazala
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Gibraltar Malta Sardinia
Document Reference
HW1 /617/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /617
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0617.002
Keywords
Troop Movements German Army Desert War Shipping Losses German U-boats Operations Planning Aerial Attacks On Ships Royal Navy Warships Convoys Siege Of Malta Prisoners Of War British Army Battle Of Gazala
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
21
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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