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

24 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: that Rommel asks Bastico for a decision on the conduct of operations should the British outflank the Buerat positions to the south, on December 21; and on the Russian Front: that airfield servicing companies for Tazinskaja are being re-routed, on December 23.
libya italy transportation second world war personnel contingency planning military intelligence airfields government code and cypher school german army erwin rommel german air force desert war military commanders british strategy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Libya
Document Reference
HW1 /1253/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1253
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1253.002
Keywords
Contingency Planning Military Commanders German Army Desert War British Strategy Transportation German Air Force Personnel Airfields
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
9
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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