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 23, describing the enemy being repulsed, and successful German Air Force (GAF) attacks; that the GAF plan a night attack from Crete on British bomber aerodromes on the night of July 25-26; that the GAF are to be ready to harass enemy night movements in preparation for a big attack on July 25; 1229/T6 was sent to the Assistant Chief of Air Staff Intelligence (ACASI) under 226.
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Crete
- Document Reference
- HW1 /786/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report
- File Reference
- HW1 /786
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.0786.002
- Keywords
- Military Situation Reports German Army Desert War First Battle Of El Alamein Defence Counter-attacks Aerial Attacks German Air Force Tanks British Army Operations Planning Air Raids Royal Air Force Airfields Contingency Planning Predicting Enemy Intentions Troop Movements
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Government Code and Cypher School
- Pages
- 9
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
