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

12 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 on North Africa: that the German Air Force (GAF) were informed of the capture of Hacheim, on June 11; that the Germans have advanced to Got el Baar, on June 11; on Axis ground forces dispositions, on June 11; a GAF report for June 11 on the ground and air situation; and of GAF intentions for June 12.
libya second world war casualties military intelligence government code and cypher school german air force german strategy military situation reports desert war aerial attacks captured settlements battle of gazala
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Libya
Document Reference
HW1 /640/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /640
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0640.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Desert War Battle Of Gazala Captured Settlements German Strategy Aerial Attacks German Air Force Casualties
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
11
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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