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

17 Jul 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: a Panzer Army report for July 15, that Allied forces have over-run the Brescia Division and parts of the Pavia Division, but were blocked by a counter-attack by the Panzer Army; and on the Southern Russian Front: that the 8th Air Corps is supporting the advance of the 14 Panzer Corps in the Donets area on July 15.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
New Zealand
Document Reference
HW1 /744/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /744
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0744.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports First Battle Of El Alamein Desert War British Army Military Operations Italian Army German Army Counter-attacks Prisoners Of War Eastern Front
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
8
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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