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

21 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 North Africa: the Panzer Army's report on its fuel situation for November 20; that Rommel asks Kesselring to fly forward fuel from Tripoli, on November 19; and that Gabes harbour and airfield are to be held to the last man by the Axis, on November 20.
ports fuel second world war defence british army military intelligence adolf hitler airfields government code and cypher school german army erwin rommel military situation reports desert war patrols
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1131/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1131
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1131.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Fuel German Army Desert War British Army Patrols Defence Ports Airfields
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
10
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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