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

3 Jan 1943

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: the German Air Force (GAF) report an attack on Gafsa, on January 2; that lorries are required to remove GAF stores from Kala Srira, on January 1; that the GAF KG26 bomber group is to transfer to Heraklion on January 3 for attacks on convoys along the North African coast; a GAF report for January 2, including locations of elements of the 8th Army; and that the enemy has dispersed to avoid bombing; and a GAF Africa evening report for January 2 noting increased enemy air activity; on the Russian Front: a GAF report on the ground situation for January 2, detailing powerful Soviet attacks in the north; on the Southern Russian Front: that the GAF are reluctant to obey Hitler's order to transfer fighter and Stuka groups to the Stalingrad area, on January 2; and a minute from the Prime Minister (PM) to C complaining about the paraphrasing of reports (see also 1950).
libya tunisia railways crete second world war military operations military intelligence military supplies adolf hitler military dispositions nazi leadership government code and cypher school invasion of french north africa german air force operation torch red army military situation reports desert war supply problems aerial attacks soviet strategy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Libya Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1281/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1281
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1281.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Invasion Of French North Africa Operation Torch Military Supplies Railways Supply Problems Military Dispositions German Air Force Desert War Aerial Attacks Red Army Military Operations Soviet Strategy Nazi Leadership
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
23
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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