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

27 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 the 21st Panzer Division's successes on July 24; on the Panzer Army's request for Italian engineer forces and equipment for defensive works, on July 24; and a German Air Force (GAF) operations report and their intentions for July 26; and on the Southern Russian Front: a GAF report on Soviet activity, based on agents, on July 25.
bulgaria russia rewards engineers prisoners of war second world war equipment british army military intelligence tanks military dispositions government code and cypher school intelligence requirements operations planning erwin rommel italian army josef stalin red army military situation reports desert war patrols first battle of el alamein german agents
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bulgaria Russia
Document Reference
HW1 /794/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /794
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0794.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Desert War First Battle Of El Alamein British Army Prisoners Of War Tanks Rewards Italian Army Engineers Equipment Patrols Intelligence Requirements German Agents Red Army Operations Planning Military Dispositions
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
13
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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