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

2 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 on the Mediterranean: that the German Air Force (GAF) Air Officer Commanding (AOC) in Chief South cancels leave for all units from October 29; on German ground forces' intentions for the night of October 31-November 1; and that the Panzer Army orders special attention to digging in vehicles and ammunition, on October 31.
second world war personnel defence military intelligence fortifications government code and cypher school german air force german strategy second battle of el alamein
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1035/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1035
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1035.002
Keywords
German Air Force Personnel German Strategy Second Battle Of El Alamein Fortifications Defence
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
6
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence