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

1 Nov 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: a German Air Force (GAF) report for October 31, noting a successful counter attack by the 15th Panzer Division, and that fighter aircraft are unsatisfactory; that an enemy thrust was repulsed by a counter attack on October 31; that an enemy night attack broke through on October 31; that a German counter attack has started on October 31; a Panzer Army day report for October 31-November 1; Axis agents' reports on Allied troop movements, on October 31; Naval Headlines, covering shipping for North Africa; from the Portuguese minister in Stockholm, on German-Danish relations as of October 28; and the Spanish ambassador in London predicts Allied operations in North Africa, on November 1.
northern ireland france egypt syria gibraltar germany russia denmark ireland italy norway transportation warships fuel england crete second world war british army military intelligence agents royal air force military supplies security service intelligence reports nazi-occupied europe government code and cypher school anti-nazi resistance naval intelligence german army erwin rommel military situation reports troop movements second battle of el alamein aerial attacks counter-attacks comando supremo
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Denmark Egypt England France Germany Gibraltar Ireland Italy Northern Ireland Norway Russia Syria
Document Reference
HW1 /1033/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1033
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1033.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Second Battle Of El Alamein German Army Counter-attacks Aerial Attacks Royal Air Force British Army Troop Movements Agents Intelligence Reports Fuel Naval Intelligence Warships Transportation Military Supplies Anti-nazi Resistance Nazi-occupied Europe
Languages
English
Organizations
Comando Supremo Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
21
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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