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

20 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 the German Air Force (GAF) Tunis Air Corps was informed of the importance of destroying railway engine sheds south of Bone, on February 19; a 21st Panzer Division report for February 19; that the 5th Panzer Army's intention is to take Ousseltia, on February 20; that the Allies destroyed all the aircraft at Thelepte before evacuating the airfield, on February 19; and that Hitler decides to realign Goering's GAF Division and certain parachute units into two fighting formations and deploy them to Tunisia from Germany and Italy, on February 17; on the Russian Front: of Soviet advances and GAF reconnaissance results, on February 19; and Naval Headlines.
tunisia germany aircraft evacuation italy shipping railways second world war military intelligence adolf hitler battle of the atlantic eastern front military organisation airfields hermann göring government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence demolitions german army italian navy german air force red army military situation reports troop movements military objectives aerial attacks comando supremo battle of the kasserine pass allied withdrawal
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Germany Italy Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1388/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1388
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1388.002
Keywords
German Air Force Military Objectives Aerial Attacks Railways Allied Withdrawal Battle Of The Kasserine Pass Military Situation Reports Evacuation Airfields Demolitions Aircraft Military Organisation German Army Troop Movements Red Army Eastern Front Naval Intelligence German U-boats Battle Of The Atlantic Italian Navy Shipping
Languages
English
Organizations
Comando Supremo Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
21
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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