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

13 Dec 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 on Tunisia for December 11, covering bad weather, and 36 enemy tanks being destroyed or captured; a German report for December 11 on the situation in Tunisia; and of Panzer Army losses for October 11-November 30; and the Naval Headlines for Axis shipping to North Africa.
libya tunisia submarines warships second world war casualties british army military intelligence tanks military dispositions government code and cypher school naval intelligence german army german navy italian navy invasion of french north africa operation torch assessing enemy strength military situation reports desert war torpedo boats shipping losses allied powers captured equipment
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Libya Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1218/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1218
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1218.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Invasion Of French North Africa Operation Torch Captured Equipment Tanks Allied Powers Assessing Enemy Strength British Army Military Dispositions Casualties German Army Desert War Naval Intelligence German Navy Warships Shipping Losses Italian Navy Torpedo Boats Submarines
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
17
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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