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

7 Feb 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: that Rommel is to be replaced because of illness by General Messe as commander of the German-Italian land forces; and of a U-boat cipher, detailing key recovery dates between January 3 and February 10.
tunisia second world war military intelligence dwight eisenhower stewart menzies intelligence reports government code and cypher school german army erwin rommel desert war military commanders
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1350/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1350
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1350.002
Keywords
Intelligence Reports German Army Military Commanders Desert War
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
5
Persons Discussed
Dwight Eisenhower Stewart Menzies Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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