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

25 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: a German Air Force (GAF) report for November 23, including the GAF and the Allies being hindered by poor weather; and that GAF Tunisia requires considerable reinforcement of its anti-aircraft artillery; a GAF Tunisia report for November 24, including additional fighters being required; that the Allies are attacking in strength towards Medjez El Bab from the direction of Beja and Teboursouk; and a request for a GAF bombing attack against Beja; of a request to unify all Axis anti-aircraft artillery in Libya under one command; and on the Russian Front: a report for November 23, describing successes against German, Italian and Hungarian forces.
libya tunisia second world war military operations military intelligence eastern front adverse weather conditions government code and cypher school italian army invasion of french north africa operation torch military situation reports friendly fire allied powers romanian armed forces
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Libya Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1150/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1150
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1150.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Invasion Of French North Africa Operation Torch Adverse Weather Conditions Allied Powers Military Operations Eastern Front Romanian Armed Forces Italian Army Friendly Fire
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
18
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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