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

16 Oct 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 the Russian fronts: a German ground forces report for October 13; on the Southern Russian Front: of the German Air Force (GAF) and Roumanian Air Force orders for October 15, including providing support for an assault on Stalingrad; and a German ground forces report for October 14; on North Africa: that considerable reinforcements are being prepared for Rommel, on October 12, with a query from the Prime Minister (PM) to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS); on the GAF's redistribution of aircraft units for a period of bad weather, with a query from the PM to the CIGS; the CIGS's reply was returned to the Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) under 1083.
ukraine russia artillery manpower second world war casualties military intelligence tanks adverse weather conditions government code and cypher school german army erwin rommel german air force red army military situation reports desert war counter-attacks battle of stalingrad
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Russia Ukraine
Document Reference
HW1 /973/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /973
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0973.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Battle Of Stalingrad Red Army Counter-attacks Tanks Artillery Casualties German Army Manpower German Air Force Desert War Adverse Weather Conditions
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
22
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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