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

29 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: a German Air Force (GAF) strength return for October 27; a post-strike report after an Allied air attack against Navarino on October 28; that an Allied convoy was spotted off Malta on October 28; and that the Ground Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Panzer Army expected the delivery of long-range smoke-throwing mortars by early December but Berlin states this will not be possible before January 1943 as the ammunition is not ready, with another smoke device being suggested as a replacement, on October 28.
malta aircraft italy second world war casualties military intelligence adolf hitler government code and cypher school german air force second battle of el alamein mechanical problems
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Malta
Document Reference
HW1 /1030/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1030
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1030.002
Keywords
German Air Force Mechanical Problems Aircraft Casualties Second Battle Of El Alamein
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
8
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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