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

22 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: that the Commander of the 4th Air Fleet became Commander in Chief (C-in-C) of the Armed Forces for the South East on July 19; on North Africa: that German lighters are en route to Tobruk; and on arrangements for the French naval forces if they leave Alexandria, on July 20; on Crete: that an Italian division is to replace German troops in Crete, on July 20; and on North Africa: the German Air Force (GAF) state that the air transportation of fuel is no longer necessary, on July 21.
italy fuel crete second world war military intelligence french navy military organisation government code and cypher school vichy regime german army italian army troop movements military commanders
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /773/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /773
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0773.002
Keywords
Military Organisation German Army Military Commanders Vichy Regime French Navy Troop Movements Italian Army Fuel
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
13
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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