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

24 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: of German intelligence on the British order of battle on July 22; and that the 90th Light Division requested a German Air Force (GAF) recce of enemy tank movements on July 23; and on the Southern Russian Front: of GAF operational orders for the support of attacks on July 23.
new zealand prisoners of war second world war british army military intelligence tanks eastern front military dispositions aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school assessing enemy strength military situation reports troop movements captured documents comando supremo
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
New Zealand
Document Reference
HW1 /782/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /782
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0782.002
Keywords
Assessing Enemy Strength Prisoners Of War Captured Documents British Army Military Dispositions Troop Movements Tanks Aerial Reconnaissance Military Situation Reports Eastern Front
Languages
English
Organizations
Comando Supremo Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
12
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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