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

31 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: that the German 15th Division is attacking on August 31; that the German 90th Light Division is to attack with the 20 Corps on August 31; and the Panzer Army reports the start of an offensive, on August 31; and on the Mediterranean: a German Air Force (GAF) report for August 30 sent to fieldmarshal (Kesselring), describing a tanker being sunk.
france egypt mines second world war military intelligence royal air force government code and cypher school operations planning german army military situation reports desert war shipping losses aerial attacks on ships
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Egypt France
Document Reference
HW1 /852/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /852
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0852.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Desert War German Army Operations Planning Mines Aerial Attacks On Ships Royal Air Force Shipping Losses
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
11
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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