Premium

20.500.12592/c3bhg3

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

23 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: of an Allied air attack on Benghazi harbour, on September 22; and on Crete; that the Fuehrer orders reinforcements to come by air, on September 21.
ports crete second world war military intelligence adolf hitler government code and cypher school air raids troop movements desert war shipping losses supply problems aerial attacks on ships
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete
Document Reference
HW1 /917/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /917
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0917.002
Keywords
Air Raids Ports Desert War Aerial Attacks On Ships Shipping Losses Supply Problems Troop Movements
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
9
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

Related Topics

All