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

31 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 Kesselring considers the situation to be improved following a break in the Allied air attacks and the arrival of fighter reinforcements, on October 30; on the German Air Force's (GAF) future priorities; an Axis agent's report on future Allied plans, to include a main thrust on October 30/31 on the Alamein Front; a very detailed summary of the shortage of supplies at the front because of the lack of transport, on October 29; this item was passed on by the Prime Minister (PM) to the Director of Military Intelligence (DMI), the answers to the PM's questions are not included; and Naval Headlines.
egypt italy shipping transportation warships crete greenland second world war military intelligence military supplies government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence italian navy erwin rommel german air force military situation reports german morale second battle of el alamein supply problems british strategy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Egypt Greenland Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /1028/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1028
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1028.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports German Air Force German Morale Military Supplies British Strategy Naval Intelligence German U-boats Italian Navy Warships Shipping Supply Problems Transportation Second Battle Of El Alamein
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
19
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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