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

27 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 ground, air and flak reinforcements arriving, but no extra fuel, and that the supply via shipping is to be increased, on September 24; and of shortages of supplies, particularly fuel, with the increasing use of railways, and a need to ship them to Tobruk.
france germany italy shipping transportation railways fuel crete second world war military intelligence military dispositions government code and cypher school german army troop movements desert war supply problems
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete France Germany Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /928/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /928
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0928.002
Keywords
Troop Movements Desert War German Army Military Dispositions Supply Problems Shipping Fuel Railways Transportation
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
19
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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