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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: that the German Air Force (GAF) finds difficulty in transferring its own units after supplying the Panzer Army under Rommel with fuel, on December 25; that German soldiers at Sousse are suffering from 'gas burns', on December 23; and reports from the 5th Panzer Army for December 24; and on the Black Sea: that German supplies are threatened by Russian naval attacks whilst the GAF is unable to provide protection, on December 23.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1256/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1256
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1256.002
Keywords
Military Shortages Fuel German Air Force Desert War Military Situation Reports Military Operations British Army Poison Gas Casualties German Army Soviet Navy Naval Operations Eastern Front German Navy Supply Problems
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
15
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence