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

19 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 North Africa: that the German Air Force (GAF) declare Ain el Gazala a prohibited area for flying on October 16; a Panzer Army report for October 18; that Berlin asks the Panzer Army about a British document instructing commandos to shoot prisoners, and that the Panzer Army has no knowledge of such instructions, on October 17-18.
artillery prisoners of war war crimes second world war british army military intelligence airfields government code and cypher school commando raids military situation reports desert war patrols
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /987/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /987
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0987.002
Keywords
Airfields Desert War Military Situation Reports Artillery British Army Patrols Commando Raids Prisoners Of War War Crimes
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
9
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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