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

25 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 report for December 23 from the Panzer Army under Rommel; that Kesselring's intelligence reports the imminence of a major Allied attack in Tunisia, on December 22; and that Allied attacks in Tunisia were repulsed, on December 24.
tunisia second world war military operations military intelligence government code and cypher school german army predicting enemy intentions erwin rommel invasion of french north africa operation torch military situation reports desert war allied strategy military commanders counter-attacks
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1254/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1254
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1254.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Desert War German Army Military Commanders Predicting Enemy Intentions Allied Strategy Military Operations Invasion Of French North Africa Operation Torch Counter-attacks
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
11
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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