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

16 Aug 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: a Panzer Army day report for August 14, covering an Allied recce being repulsed, and Italian airfields being bombed; that the 10th Air Corps is to provide escort for the Lerici which was torpedoed by a submarine and is to return to Navarino, on August 16; and on the Russian Front: of renewed Soviet attacks north east of Rzhev; and that von Knobelsdorf Group is engaged in heavy fighting and requests air support, on August 14.
russia second world war defence military intelligence eastern front government code and cypher school hastings ismay red army military situation reports desert war shipping losses counter-attacks
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Russia
Document Reference
HW1 /821/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /821
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0821.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Desert War Shipping Losses Eastern Front Red Army Defence Counter-attacks
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
15
Persons Discussed
Hastings Ismay
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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