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

18 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 French North Africa: that the operational orders for the 2nd Air Corps include combined operation air raids on Algiers; of a massive attack on Bougie; that improved serviceability is to be attempted by all available means; and of Kesselring's mistrust of French troops, on November 18.
algeria tunisia second world war liaison military intelligence government code and cypher school vichy regime operations planning invasion of french north africa german air force aerial attacks allied powers
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Algeria Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1117/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1117
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1117.002
Keywords
Operations Planning German Air Force Invasion Of French North Africa Aerial Attacks Allied Powers Liaison Vichy Regime
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
8
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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