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

4 Sep 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 15th Panzer Division is withdrawing, on September 3; and that the German 90th Light Division and Ramcke Brigade are under attack on September 4; and on Germany: that hydrogenation plants are to be protected by smoke-screens, from September 3.
factories second world war military operations british army military intelligence tanks government code and cypher school camouflage desert war german withdrawal anti-aircraft defence
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /867/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /867
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0867.002
Keywords
German Withdrawal British Army Military Operations Tanks Desert War Anti-aircraft Defence Camouflage Factories
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
9
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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