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

19 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: that the German Air Force (GAF) are in urgent need of aviation fuel, on July 18; and a GAF report of a Stuka attack on tanks on July 18; and on the Mediterranean: that the AOC (Air Officer Commanding) in Chief South received a report of paratroop units coming from Germany from July 18-21.
egypt germany second world war military operations british army military intelligence tanks axis powers military shortages government code and cypher school german army desert war
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Egypt Germany
Document Reference
HW1 /759/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /759
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0759.002
Keywords
Military Shortages Desert War Axis Powers Military Operations German Army British Army Tanks
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
9
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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